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lady seemed to wish to have a private conference with me。                    Miss     Pole 

kept me in the drawing´room to explain why�察�in Mrs Jamieson's                    absence�察�

she had taken the lead in this ;movement�察─�as she was                  pleased to call it�察�

and   also   to   inform   me   that   she   had   heard   from good   sources   that   Mrs 

Jamieson      was    coming     home    directly   in  a   state   of   high   displeasure 

against her sister´in´law�察�who was forthwith to             leave her house�察�and was�察�

she believed�察�to return to Edinburgh that            very afternoon。       Of course this 

piece of intelligence could not be          communicated before Mrs Fitz´Adam�察�

more especially as Miss Pole was             inclined to think that Lady Glenmire's 

engagement to Mr Hoggins             could not possibly hold against the blaze of 

Mrs Jamieson's        displeasure。      A few hearty inquiries after Miss Matty's 

health     concluded my interview with Miss Pole。 

     On   coming   downstairs   I   found   Mrs   Forrester   waiting   for   me   at   the 

entrance to the dining´parlour�察�she drew me in�察�and when the door                      was 

shut�察�she tried two or three times to begin on some subject�察              �which was so 

unapproachable apparently�察�that I began to despair of                our ever getting to 

a clear understanding。         At last out it came�察      �the poor old lady trembling 

all   the  time   as  if  it  were  a   great  crime     which    she   was   exposing     to 

daylight�察  �in   telling   me   how   very�察   �very   little   she   had   to   live   upon�察  �a 

confession which she was            brought to make from a dread lest we should 

think that the small       contribution named in her paper bore any proportion 

to her love and       regard for Miss Matty。         And yet that sum which she so 

eagerly     relinquished was�察�in truth�察�more than a twentieth part of what she 

had    to  live   upon�察  �and    keep   house�察   �and   a  little  serving´maid�察    �all  as 



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became      one   born   a  Tyrrell。    And     when    the  whole    income     does   not 

nearly   amount   to   a   hundred   pounds�察  �to   give   up   a   twentieth   of   it will 

necessitate many careful economies�察�and many pieces of self´ denial�察�small 

and insignificant in the world's account�察�but bearing               a different value in 

another account´book that I have heard of。              She did so wish she was rich�察�

she said�察�and this wish she kept         repeating�察�with no thought of herself in it�察�

only with a longing�察       �yearning desire to be able to heap up Miss Matty's 

measure of      comforts。 

     It was some time before I could console her enough to leave her�察                 �and 

then�察�on quitting the house�察�I was waylaid by Mrs Fitz´Adam�察                   �who had 

also   her   confidence   to   make   of   pretty   nearly   the   opposite  description。 

She had not liked to put down all that she could              afford and was ready to 

give。    She told me she thought she never             could look Miss Matty in the 

face again if she presumed to be          giving her so much as she should like to 

do。    ;Miss Matty� ─      �continued she�察 �that I thought was such a fine young 

lady when I       was nothing but a country girl�察�coming to market with eggs 

and     butter   and   such    like  things。   For    my   father�察  �though    well´to´do�察�

would always   make me go on as   my  mother had done before me�察�and   I 

had to come into Cranford every Saturday�察�and see after sales�察�and                 prices�察�

and what not。       And one day�察�I remember�察�I met Miss Matty in                 the lane 

that leads to Combehurst�察�she was walking on the footpath�察                  �which�察�you 

know�察�is raised a good way above the road�察�and a                gentleman rode beside 

her�察�and was talking to her�察�and she was           looking down at some primroses 

she   had   gathered�察  �and   pulling   them    all   to   pieces�察  �and   I   do   believe   she 

was crying。      But   after   she had     passed�察 �she turned round and   ran  after 

me to ask ´ oh�察�so kindly ´        about my poor mother�察�who lay on her death´ 

bed�察�and when I cried         she took hold of my hand to comfort me ´ and the 

gentleman waiting         for her all the time ´ and her poor heart very full of 

something�察�I      am sure�察�and I thought it such an honour to be spoken to in 

that    pretty   way   by   the   rector's   daughter�察  �who   visited   at Arley   Hall。 I 

have loved her ever since�察�though perhaps I'd no right to do it�察              �but if you 

can think of any way in which I might be allowed to give                    a little more 

without   any   one   knowing   it�察  �I   should   be   so   much  obliged   to   you�察  �my 

dear。    And my brother would be delighted to                doctor her for nothing ´ 



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medicines�察�leeches�察�and all。         I know that      he and her ladyship ��my dear�察�I 

little thought in the days I was          telling you of that I should ever come to 

be    sister´in´law    to  a  ladyship�。�     would     do   anything    for  her。   We     all 

would。; 

     I told her I was quite sure of it�察�and promised all sorts of things                  in 

my  anxiety  to   get   home   to   Miss   Matty�察  �who   might   well   be     wondering 

what had become of me ´ absent from her two hours without                       being able 

to account for it。      She had taken very little note of         time�察�however�察�as she 

had been occupied in numberless little              arrangements preparatory to the 

great step of giving up her house。             It was evidently a relief to her to be 

doing something in the way            of retrenchment�察�for�察�as she said�察�whenever 

she paused to think�察       �the recollection of the poor fellow with his bad five´ 

pound note       came over her�察�and she felt quite dishonest�察�only if it made 

her so     uncomfortable�察�what must it not be doing to the directors of the 

bank�察�who must know so much more of the misery consequent upon this 

failure�拭    �She almost made   me angry by dividing her sympathy between 

these   directors   ��whom   she   imagined   overwhelmed   by   self´reproach   for 

the    mismanagement         of   other   people's    affairs��   and    those   who     were 

suffering   like   her。   Indeed�察  �of   the   two�察  �she   seemed   to   think  poverty   a 

lighter burden than self´reproach�察�but I privately              doubted if the directors 

would agree with her。 

     Old   hoards   were   taken   out   and   examined   as   to   their   money   value 

which   luckily   was   small�察  �or   else   I   don't   know   how   Miss   Matty   would 

have   prevailed   upon   herself   to   part   with   such   things   as   her   mother's 

wedding´ring�察  �the   strange�察  �uncouth   brooch   with   which   her          father   had 

disfigured   his   shirt´frill�察  �&c。   However�察  �we   arranged        things   a   little   in 

order as to their pecuniary estimation�察�and were                all ready for my father 

when he came the next morning。 

     I   am  not   going   to   weary  you   with   the   details   of   all   the   business   we 

went through�察�and one reason for not telling about them is�察�that I                  did not 

understand what we were doing at the time�察�and cannot                    recollect it now。 

Miss   Matty   and   I   sat   assenting   to   accounts�察  �and  schemes�察  �and   reports�察�

and documents�察�of which I do not believe we                  either of us understood a 

word�察�for my father was clear´headed and               decisive�察�and a capital man of 



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business�察�and if we made the           slightest inquiry�察�or expressed the slightest 

want of      comprehension�察�he had a sharp way of saying�察 �Eh�拭�eh�拭�it's as 

dear     as    daylight。    What's      your   objection�拭─     �And      as  we    had   not 

comprehended         anything    of  what    he  had   proposed�察    �we   found    it  rather 

difficult to shape our objections�察�in fact�察�we never were sure if                  we had 

any。    So   presently   Miss   Matty   got   into   a   nervously    acquiescent   state�察�

and said ;Yes�察─�and ;Certainly�察─�at every pause�察             �whether required or not�察�

but   when   I   once   joined   in   as   chorus   to   a ;Decidedly�察─  �pronounced   by 

Miss Matty in a tremblingly dubious              tone�察�my father fired round at me 

and asked me ;What there was to              decide�拭─    �And I am sure to this day I 

have never known。         But�察�in     justice to him�察�I must say he had come over 

from Drumble to help          Miss Matty when he could ill spare the time�察�and 

when his own        affairs were in a very anxious state。 

     While Miss Matty  was out of   the room giving   orders for luncheon   ´ 

and   sadly   perplexed   between   her   desire   of   honouring   my   father   by   a 

delicate�察�dainty meal�察�and her conviction that she had no right�察                �now that 

all her money was gone�察�to indulge this desire ´ I told              him of the meeting 

of the Cranford ladies at Miss Pole's the day              before。    He kept brushing 

his hand before his eyes as I spoke ´ and             when I went back to Martha's 

offer the evening before�察�of receiving            Miss Matty as a lodger�察�he fairly 

walked   away   from   me   to   the     window�察  �and   began   drumming   with   his 

fingers upon i

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