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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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On
Christmas
Day
and
Good
Friday
she
drummed
from
breakfast
till
church,
from
church-time
till
two
o’clock—
unless
when
the
fire
wanted
stirring,
when
she
invariably
knocked
down
the
fire-irons,
and
scolded
Miss
Matty
for
it.
But
equally
certain
was
the
hearty
welcome
and
the
good
dinner
for
Thomas;
Miss
Jenkyns
standing
over
him
like
a
bold
dragoon,
questioning
him
as
to
his
children—
what
they
were
doing—
what
school
they
went
to;
upbraiding
him
if
another
was
likely
to
make
its
appearance,
but
sending
even
the
little
babies
the
shilling
and
the
mince-pie
which
was
her
gift
to
all
the
children,
with
half-a-crown
in
addition
for
both
father
and
mother.
The
post
was
not
half
of
so
much
consequence
to
dear
Miss
Matty;
but
not
for
the
world
would
she
have
diminished
Thomas’s
welcome
and
his
dole,
though
I
could
see
that
she
felt
rather
shy
over
the
ceremony,
which
had
been
regarded
by
Miss
Jenkyns
as
a
glorious
opportunity
for
giving
advice
and
benefiting
her
fellow-creatures.
Miss
Matty
would
steal
the
money
all
in
a
lump
into
his
hand,
as
if
she
were
ashamed
of
herself.
Miss
Jenkyns
gave
him
each
individual
coin
separate,
with
a
“There!
that’s
for
yourself;
that’s
for
Jenny,”
etc.
Miss
Matty
would
even
beckon
Martha
out
of
the
kitchen
while
he
ate
his
food:
and
once,
to
my
knowledge,
winked
at
its
rapid
disappearance
into
a
blue
cotton
pocket-handkerchief.
Miss
Jenkyns
almost
scolded
him
if
he
did
not
leave
a
clean
plate,
however
heaped
it
might
have
been,
and
gave
an
injunction
with
every
mouthful.
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