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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Such
was
the
state
of
things
when
I
left
Cranford
and
went
to
Drumble.
I
had,
however,
several
correspondents,
who
kept
me
au
fait
as
to
the
proceedings
of
the
dear
little
town.
There
was
Miss
Pole,
who
was
becoming
as
much
absorbed
in
crochet
as
she
had
been
once
in
knitting,
and
the
burden
of
whose
letter
was
something
like,
“But
don’t
you
forget
the
white
worsted
at
Flint’s”
of
the
old
song;
for
at
the
end
of
every
sentence
of
news
came
a
fresh
direction
as
to
some
crochet
commission
which
I
was
to
execute
for
her.
Miss
Matilda
Jenkyns
(who
did
not
mind
being
called
Miss
Matty,
when
Miss
Jenkyns
was
not
by)
wrote
nice,
kind,
rambling
letters,
now
and
then
venturing
into
an
opinion
of
her
own;
but
suddenly
pulling
herself
up,
and
either
begging
me
not
to
name
what
she
had
said,
as
Deborah
thought
differently,
and
she
knew,
or
else
putting
in
a
postscript
to
the
effect
that,
since
writing
the
above,
she
had
been
talking
over
the
subject
with
Deborah,
and
was
quite
convinced
that,
etc.—
(here
probably
followed
a
recantation
of
every
opinion
she
had
given
in
the
letter).
Then
came
Miss
Jenkyns—
Debōrah,
as
she
liked
Miss
Matty
to
call
her,
her
father
having
once
said
that
the
Hebrew
name
ought
to
be
so
pronounced.
I
secretly
think
she
took
the
Hebrew
prophetess
for
a
model
in
character;
and,
indeed,
she
was
not
unlike
the
stern
prophetess
in
some
ways,
making
allowance,
of
course,
for
modern
customs
and
difference
in
dress.
Miss
Jenkyns
wore
a
cravat,
and
a
little
bonnet
like
a
jockey-cap,
and
altogether
had
the
appearance
of
a
strong-minded
woman;
although
she
would
have
despised
the
modern
idea
of
women
being
equal
to
men.
Equal,
indeed!
she
knew
they
were
superior.
But
to
return
to
her
letters.
Everything
in
them
was
stately
and
grand
like
herself.
I
have
been
looking
them
over
(dear
Miss
Jenkyns,
how
I
honoured
her!)
and
I
will
give
an
extract,
more
especially
because
it
relates
to
our
friend
Captain
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