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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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This
was
all
she
said
about
the
sister
who
had
insisted
upon
investing
their
little
property
in
that
unlucky
bank.
We
were
later
in
lighting
the
candle
than
usual
that
night,
and
until
that
light
shamed
us
into
speaking,
we
sat
together
very
silently
and
sadly.
However,
we
took
to
our
work
after
tea
with
a
kind
of
forced
cheerfulness
(which
soon
became
real
as
far
as
it
went),
talking
of
that
never-ending
wonder,
Lady
Glenmire’s
engagement.
Miss
Matty
was
almost
coming
round
to
think
it
a
good
thing.
“I
don’t
mean
to
deny
that
men
are
troublesome
in
a
house.
I
don’t
judge
from
my
own
experience,
for
my
father
was
neatness
itself,
and
wiped
his
shoes
on
coming
in
as
carefully
as
any
woman;
but
still
a
man
has
a
sort
of
knowledge
of
what
should
be
done
in
difficulties,
that
it
is
very
pleasant
to
have
one
at
hand
ready
to
lean
upon.
Now,
Lady
Glenmire,
instead
of
being
tossed
about,
and
wondering
where
she
is
to
settle,
will
be
certain
of
a
home
among
pleasant
and
kind
people,
such
as
our
good
Miss
Pole
and
Mrs
Forrester.
And
Mr
Hoggins
is
really
a
very
personable
man;
and
as
for
his
manners,
why,
if
they
are
not
very
polished,
I
have
known
people
with
very
good
hearts
and
very
clever
minds
too,
who
were
not
what
some
people
reckoned
refined,
but
who
were
both
true
and
tender.”
She
fell
off
into
a
soft
reverie
about
Mr
Holbrook,
and
I
did
not
interrupt
her,
I
was
so
busy
maturing
a
plan
I
had
had
in
my
mind
for
some
days,
but
which
this
threatened
failure
of
the
bank
had
brought
to
a
crisis.
That
night,
after
Miss
Matty
went
to
bed,
I
treacherously
lighted
the
candle
again,
and
sat
down
in
the
drawing-room
to
compose
a
letter
to
the
Aga
Jenkyns,
a
letter
which
should
affect
him
if
he
were
Peter,
and
yet
seem
a
mere
statement
of
dry
facts
if
he
were
a
stranger.
The
church
clock
pealed
out
two
before
I
had
done.
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