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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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But
when
I
arrived
in
Cranford,
nothing
was
as
yet
ascertained
of
Mrs
Jamieson’s
own
intentions;
would
the
honourable
lady
go,
or
would
she
not?
Mr
Peter
declared
that
she
should
and
she
would;
Miss
Pole
shook
her
head
and
desponded.
But
Mr
Peter
was
a
man
of
resources.
In
the
first
place,
he
persuaded
Miss
Matty
to
write
to
Mrs
Gordon,
and
to
tell
her
of
Mrs
Fitz-Adam’s
existence,
and
to
beg
that
one
so
kind,
and
cordial,
and
generous,
might
be
included
in
the
pleasant
invitation.
An
answer
came
back
by
return
of
post,
with
a
pretty
little
note
for
Mrs
Fitz-Adam,
and
a
request
that
Miss
Matty
would
deliver
it
herself
and
explain
the
previous
omission.
Mrs
Fitz-Adam
was
as
pleased
as
could
be,
and
thanked
Miss
Matty
over
and
over
again.
Mr
Peter
had
said,
“Leave
Mrs
Jamieson
to
me;”
so
we
did;
especially
as
we
knew
nothing
that
we
could
do
to
alter
her
determination
if
once
formed.
I
did
not
know,
nor
did
Miss
Matty,
how
things
were
going
on,
until
Miss
Pole
asked
me,
just
the
day
before
Mrs
Gordon
came,
if
I
thought
there
was
anything
between
Mr
Peter
and
Mrs
Jamieson
in
the
matrimonial
line,
for
that
Mrs
Jamieson
was
really
going
to
the
lunch
at
the
“George.”
She
had
sent
Mr
Mulliner
down
to
desire
that
there
might
be
a
footstool
put
to
the
warmest
seat
in
the
room,
as
she
meant
to
come,
and
knew
that
their
chairs
were
very
high.
Miss
Pole
had
picked
this
piece
of
news
up,
and
from
it
she
conjectured
all
sorts
of
things,
and
bemoaned
yet
more.
“If
Peter
should
marry,
what
would
become
of
poor
dear
Miss
Matty?
And
Mrs
Jamieson,
of
all
people!”
Miss
Pole
seemed
to
think
there
were
other
ladies
in
Cranford
who
would
have
done
more
credit
to
his
choice,
and
I
think
she
must
have
had
someone
who
was
unmarried
in
her
head,
for
she
kept
saying,
“It
was
so
wanting
in
delicacy
in
a
widow
to
think
of
such
a
thing.”
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