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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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I
was
rather
glad
that
Martha’s
energy
had
taken
the
immediate
and
practical
direction
of
pudding-making,
for
it
staved
off
the
quarrelsome
discussion
as
to
whether
she
should
or
should
not
leave
Miss
Matty’s
service.
She
began
to
tie
on
a
clean
apron,
and
otherwise
prepare
herself
for
going
to
the
shop
for
the
butter,
eggs,
and
what
else
she
might
require.
She
would
not
use
a
scrap
of
the
articles
already
in
the
house
for
her
cookery,
but
went
to
an
old
tea-pot
in
which
her
private
store
of
money
was
deposited,
and
took
out
what
she
wanted.
I
found
Miss
Matty
very
quiet,
and
not
a
little
sad;
but
by-and-by
she
tried
to
smile
for
my
sake.
It
was
settled
that
I
was
to
write
to
my
father,
and
ask
him
to
come
over
and
hold
a
consultation,
and
as
soon
as
this
letter
was
despatched
we
began
to
talk
over
future
plans.
Miss
Matty’s
idea
was
to
take
a
single
room,
and
retain
as
much
of
her
furniture
as
would
be
necessary
to
fit
up
this,
and
sell
the
rest,
and
there
to
quietly
exist
upon
what
would
remain
after
paying
the
rent.
For
my
part,
I
was
more
ambitious
and
less
contented.
I
thought
of
all
the
things
by
which
a
woman,
past
middle
age,
and
with
the
education
common
to
ladies
fifty
years
ago,
could
earn
or
add
to
a
living
without
materially
losing
caste;
but
at
length
I
put
even
this
last
clause
on
one
side,
and
wondered
what
in
the
world
Miss
Matty
could
do.
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