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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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CHAPTER
XIV.
FRIENDS
IN
NEED
IT
was
an
example
to
me,
and
I
fancy
it
might
be
to
many
others,
to
see
how
immediately
Miss
Matty
set
about
the
retrenchment
which
she
knew
to
be
right
under
her
altered
circumstances.
While
she
went
down
to
speak
to
Martha,
and
break
the
intelligence
to
her,
I
stole
out
with
my
letter
to
the
Aga
Jenkyns,
and
went
to
the
signor’s
lodgings
to
obtain
the
exact
address.
I
bound
the
signora
to
secrecy;
and
indeed
her
military
manners
had
a
degree
of
shortness
and
reserve
in
them
which
made
her
always
say
as
little
as
possible,
except
when
under
the
pressure
of
strong
excitement.
Moreover
(which
made
my
secret
doubly
sure),
the
signor
was
now
so
far
recovered
as
to
be
looking
forward
to
travelling
and
conjuring
again
in
the
space
of
a
few
days,
when
he,
his
wife,
and
little
Phœbe
would
leave
Cranford.
Indeed,
I
found
him
looking
over
a
great
black
and
red
placard,
in
which
the
Signor
Brunoni’s
accomplishments
were
set
forth,
and
to
which
only
the
name
of
the
town
where
he
would
next
display
them
was
wanting.
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