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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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The
dregs
were
often
given
to
the
poor:
but
occasionally,
when
a
good
deal
had
been
left
at
the
last
party
(five
months
ago,
it
might
be),
it
was
added
to
some
of
a
fresh
bottle,
brought
up
from
the
cellar.
I
fancy
poor
Captain
Brown
did
not
much
like
wine,
for
I
noticed
he
never
finished
his
first
glass,
and
most
military
men
take
several.
Then,
as
to
our
dessert,
Miss
Jenkyns
used
to
gather
currants
and
gooseberries
for
it
herself,
which
I
sometimes
thought
would
have
tasted
better
fresh
from
the
trees;
but
then,
as
Miss
Jenkyns
observed,
there
would
have
been
nothing
for
dessert
in
summer-time.
As
it
was,
we
felt
very
genteel
with
our
two
glasses
apiece,
and
a
dish
of
gooseberries
at
the
top,
of
currants
and
biscuits
at
the
sides,
and
two
decanters
at
the
bottom.
When
oranges
came
in,
a
curious
proceeding
was
gone
through.
Miss
Jenkyns
did
not
like
to
cut
the
fruit;
for,
as
she
observed,
the
juice
all
ran
out
nobody
knew
where;
sucking
(only
I
think
she
used
some
more
recondite
word)
was
in
fact
the
only
way
of
enjoying
oranges;
but
then
there
was
the
unpleasant
association
with
a
ceremony
frequently
gone
through
by
little
babies;
and
so,
after
dessert,
in
orange
season,
Miss
Jenkyns
and
Miss
Matty
used
to
rise
up,
possess
themselves
each
of
an
orange
in
silence,
and
withdraw
to
the
privacy
of
their
own
rooms
to
indulge
in
sucking
oranges.
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