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Cranford
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
85
“My
dear,
that
boy’s
trick,
on
that
sunny
day,
when
all
seemed
going
straight
and
well,
broke
my
mother’s
heart,
and
changed
my
father
for
life.
It
did,
indeed.
Old
Clare
said,
Peter
looked
as
white
as
my
father;
and
stood
as
still
as
a
statue
to
be
flogged;
and
my
father
struck
hard!
When
my
father
stopped
to
take
breath,
Peter
said,
‘Have
you
done
enough,
sir?’
quite
hoarsely,
and
still
standing
quite
quiet.
I
don’t
know
what
my
father
said—
or
if
he
said
anything.
But
old
Clare
said,
Peter
turned
to
where
the
people
outside
the
railing
were,
and
made
them
a
low
bow,
as
grand
and
as
grave
as
any
gentleman;
and
then
walked
slowly
into
the
house.
I
was
in
the
store-room
helping
my
mother
to
make
cowslip
wine.
I
cannot
abide
the
wine
now,
nor
the
scent
of
the
flowers;
they
turn
me
sick
and
faint,
as
they
did
that
day,
when
Peter
came
in,
looking
as
haughty
as
any
man—
indeed,
looking
like
a
man,
not
like
a
boy.
‘Mother!’
he
said,
‘I
am
come
to
say,
God
bless
you
for
ever.’
I
saw
his
lips
quiver
as
he
spoke;
and
I
think
he
durst
not
say
anything
more
loving,
for
the
purpose
that
was
in
his
heart.
She
looked
at
him
rather
frightened,
and
wondering,
and
asked
him
what
was
to
do.
He
did
not
smile
or
speak,
but
put
his
arms
round
her
and
kissed
her
as
if
he
did
not
know
how
to
leave
off;
and
before
she
could
speak
again,
he
was
gone.
We
talked
it
over,
and
could
not
understand
it,
and
she
bade
me
go
and
seek
my
father,
and
ask
what
it
was
all
about.
I
found
him
walking
up
and
down,
looking
very
highly
displeased.
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