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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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The
next
morning
news
came,
both
official
and
otherwise,
that
the
Town
and
County
Bank
had
stopped
payment.
Miss
Matty
was
ruined.
She
tried
to
speak
quietly
to
me;
but
when
she
came
to
the
actual
fact
that
she
would
have
but
about
five
shillings
a
week
to
live
upon,
she
could
not
restrain
a
few
tears.
“I
am
not
crying
for
myself,
dear,”
said
she,
wiping
them
away;
“I
believe
I
am
crying
for
the
very
silly
thought
of
how
my
mother
would
grieve
if
she
could
know;
she
always
cared
for
us
so
much
more
than
for
herself.
But
many
a
poor
person
has
less,
and
I
am
not
very
extravagant,
and,
thank
God,
when
the
neck
of
mutton,
and
Martha’s
wages,
and
the
rent
are
paid,
I
have
not
a
farthing
owing.
Poor
Martha!
I
think
she’ll
be
sorry
to
leave
me.”
Miss
Matty
smiled
at
me
through
her
tears,
and
she
would
fain
have
had
me
see
only
the
smile,
not
the
tears.
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