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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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“No
hope
of
that,
my
friend,”
said
the
shopman.
“The
more
reason
why
I
should
take
it,”
said
Miss
Matty
quietly.
She
pushed
her
sovereigns
towards
the
man,
who
slowly
laid
his
note
down
in
exchange.
“Thank
you.
I
will
wait
a
day
or
two
before
I
purchase
any
of
these
silks;
perhaps
you
will
then
have
a
greater
choice.
My
dear,
will
you
come
upstairs?”
We
inspected
the
fashions
with
as
minute
and
curious
an
interest
as
if
the
gown
to
be
made
after
them
had
been
bought.
I
could
not
see
that
the
little
event
in
the
shop
below
had
in
the
least
damped
Miss
Matty’s
curiosity
as
to
the
make
of
sleeves
or
the
sit
of
skirts.
She
once
or
twice
exchanged
congratulations
with
me
on
our
private
and
leisurely
view
of
the
bonnets
and
shawls;
but
I
was,
all
the
time,
not
so
sure
that
our
examination
was
so
utterly
private,
for
I
caught
glimpses
of
a
figure
dodging
behind
the
cloaks
and
mantles;
and,
by
a
dexterous
move,
I
came
face
to
face
with
Miss
Pole,
also
in
morning
costume
(the
principal
feature
of
which
was
her
being
without
teeth,
and
wearing
a
veil
to
conceal
the
deficiency),
come
on
the
same
errand
as
ourselves.
But
she
quickly
took
her
departure,
because,
as
she
said,
she
had
a
bad
headache,
and
did
not
feel
herself
up
to
conversation.
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