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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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“Our
friends
have
sent
to
inquire
how
you
are
after
your
journey
to-night,
my
dear”
(fifteen
miles
in
a
gentleman’s
carriage);
“they
will
give
you
some
rest
to-morrow,
but
the
next
day,
I
have
no
doubt,
they
will
call;
so
be
at
liberty
after
twelve—
from
twelve
to
three
are
our
calling
hours.”
Then,
after
they
had
called—
“It
is
the
third
day;
I
dare
say
your
mamma
has
told
you,
my
dear,
never
to
let
more
than
three
days
elapse
between
receiving
a
call
and
returning
it;
and
also,
that
you
are
never
to
stay
longer
than
a
quarter
of
an
hour.”
“But
am
I
to
look
at
my
watch?
How
am
I
to
find
out
when
a
quarter
of
an
hour
has
passed?”
“You
must
keep
thinking
about
the
time,
my
dear,
and
not
allow
yourself
to
forget
it
in
conversation.”
As
everybody
had
this
rule
in
their
minds,
whether
they
received
or
paid
a
call,
of
course
no
absorbing
subject
was
ever
spoken
about.
We
kept
ourselves
to
short
sentences
of
small
talk,
and
were
punctual
to
our
time.
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