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anxious�察�I     confess�察�to ascertain in what manner Captain Brown�察�with his 

limited     establishment�察    �could   receive    so  distinguished      a  guest�察  �and   I 

discovered that his lordship retired to rest�察�and�察�let us hope�察             �to refreshing 

slumbers�察�at the Angel Hotel�察�but shared the              Brunonian meals during the 

two   days   that   he   honoured   Cranford   with       his   august   presence。     Mrs 

Johnson�察�our civil butcher's wife�察         �informs me that Miss Jessie purchased 

a leg of lamb�察�but�察�besides         this�察�I can hear of no preparation whatever to 

give   a   suitable   reception   to   so   distinguished   a   visitor。    Perhaps   they 

entertained      him with 'the feast of reason and the flow of soul'�察�and to us�察�

who     are   acquainted   with   Captain   Brown's   sad   want   of   relish   for   'the 

pure wells of English undefiled��' it may be matter for               congratulation that 

he has had   the  opportunity  of improving   his           taste  by  holding   converse 

with    an   elegant   and   refined   member      of   the  British    aristocracy。    But 

from some mundane failings who is              altogether free�拭─�

     Miss   Pole   and   Miss   Matty   wrote   to   me   by   the   same   post。   Such   a 

piece    of  news    as   Lord   Mauleverer's      visit  was   not   to  be   lost  on   the 

Cranford letter´writers�此�they made the most of it。                Miss Matty       humbly 

apologised for writing at the same time as her sister�察�who                  was so much 

more capable than she to describe the honour done to                    Cranford�察�but in 

spite of a little bad spelling�察�Miss Matty's           account gave me the best idea 

of the commotion occasioned by his              lordship's visit�察�after it had occurred�察�

for�察  �except   the   people   at  the Angel�察  �the   Browns�察  �Mrs   Jamieson�察  �and   a 

little lad his lordship       had sworn at for driving a dirty hoop against the 

aristocratic     legs�察�I could not hear of any one with whom his lordship had 

held    conversation。 

     My     next   visit  to  Cranford     was   in  the   summer。      There    had    been 

neither births�察�deaths�察�nor marriages since I was there last。                  Everybody 

lived in the same house�察�and wore pretty nearly the same                 well´preserved�察�

old´fashioned clothes。         The greatest event was�察         �that Miss Jenkyns had 



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purchased a new carpet for the drawing´room。                   Oh�察�the busy work Miss 

Matty  and   I   had   in   chasing   the   sunbeams�察  �as   they  fell   in   an   afternoon 

right   down   on   this   carpet   through   the   blindless   window�        �We   spread 

newspapers over the places and sat             down to our book or our work�察�and�察�

lo� �in a quarter of an hour the          sun had moved�察�and was blazing away on 

a fresh spot�察�and down again            we went on our knees to alter the position 

of the newspapers。        We     were very busy�察�too�察�one whole morning�察�before 

Miss Jenkyns gave          her party�察�in following her directions�察�and in cutting 

out and      stitching together pieces of newspaper so as to form little paths 

to every chair set for the expected visitors�察�lest their shoes              might dirty or 

defile   the   purity   of   the   carpet。 Do   you   make   paper       paths   for   every 

guest to walk upon in London�拭�

     Captain Brown and Miss Jenkyns were not very cordial to each other。 

The literary dispute�察�of which I had seen the beginning�察�was a                  ;raw�察─�the 

slightest touch on which made them wince。                 It was the      only difference 

of   opinion   they   had   ever   had�察  �but   that   difference   was   enough。      Miss 

Jenkyns could not refrain from talking at Captain               Brown�察�and�察�though he 

did   not   reply�察  �he   drummed   with   his   fingers�察  �which   action   she   felt   and 

resented as very disparaging to Dr            Johnson。      He was rather ostentatious 

in   his   preference   of   the  writings   of   Mr   Boz�察  �would   walk   through   the 

streets so absorbed in        them that he all but ran against Miss Jenkyns�察�and 

though his      apologies were earnest and sincere�察�and though he did not�察�in 

fact�察   �do   more   than   startle   her   and   himself�察  �she   owned   to   me   she   had 

rather he had knocked her down�察 �if he had   only been reading   a                   higher 

style of literature。      The poor�察�brave Captain� �he looked             older�察�and more 

worn�察 �and his   clothes   were   very  threadbare。        But   he    seemed   as   bright 

and cheerful as ever�察�unless he was asked about               his daughter's health。 

     ;She suffers a   great deal�察  �and she   must suffer   more�此�we   do what   we 

can to alleviate her pain�察 � God's will be done� ─              �He took off his       hat at 

these last words。       I found�察�from Miss Matty�察�that everything                had been 

done�察    �in   fact。   A     medical    man�察    �of  high    repute    in   that   country 

neighbourhood�察  �had   been   sent   for�察  �and   every   injunction   he       had   given 

was    attended     to�察 �regardless    of  expense。     Miss     Matty    was    sure    they 

denied themselves many things in order to make the                  invalid comfortable�察�



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but   they  never   spoke   about   it�察  �and   as   for   Miss  Jessie�    �   ;I   really  think 

she's an angel�察─�said poor Miss Matty�察             �quite overcome。        ;To see her way 

of bearing with Miss Brown's              crossness�察�and the bright face she puts on 

after she's been sitting        up a whole night and scolded above half of it�察�is 

quite   beautiful。       Yet   she   looks   as   neat   and   as   ready   to   welcome   the 

Captain at      breakfast´time as if she had been asleep in the Queen's bed all 

night。     My  dear�   �you   could   never   laugh   at   her   prim   little   curls   or  her 

pink bows again if you saw her as I have done。;                   I could only      feel very 

penitent�察�and greet Miss Jessie with double respect when                     I met her next。 

She   looked   faded   and   pinched�察  �and   her   lips   began       to   quiver�察  �as   if   she 

was very weak�察�when she spoke of her sister。                     But she brightened�察�and 

sent back the tears that were glittering in            her pretty eyes�察�as she said ´ 

     ;But�察   �to   be  sure�察  �what    a  town    Cranford     is  for  kindness�      �I   don't 

suppose any one has a better dinner than usual cooked but the best                         part 

of   all   comes   in   a   little   covered   basin   for   my   sister。 The   poor   people 

will leave their earliest vegetables at our door for              her。    They speak short 

and gruff�察�as if they were ashamed of it�此            �but I am sure it often goes to my 

heart    to   see  their    thoughtfulness。;         The     tears  now     came    back    and 

overflowed�察  �but   after      a   minute   or   two   she   began   to   scold   herself�察  �and 

ended by going away            the same cheerful Miss Jessie as ever。 

     ;But   why   does   not   this   Lord   Mauleverer   do   something   for   the   man 

who      saved his life�拭─�said I。 

     ;Why�察     �you   see�察  �unless   Captain     Brown     has   some    reason    for   it�察 �he 

never     speaks    about    being   poor�察   �and   he   walked    along    by   his  lordship 

looking      as  happy   and     cheerful    as  a  prince�察   �and   as  they   never    called 

attention to their dinner by apologies�察�and as Miss Brown was                      better that 

day�察�and all seemed bright�察�I daresay his lordship                 never knew how much 

care   there   was   in   the   background。       He   did   send     game   in   the   winter 

pretty often�察�but now he is gone abroad。; 

     I   had   often   occasion   to   notice   the   use   that   was   made   of   fragments 

and small opportunities in Cranford�察�the rose´leaves that were                       gathered 

ere they fell to make into a potpourri for someone who had                        no garden�察�

the little bundles of lavender flowers sent to strew the                  drawers of some 

town´dweller�察�or to burn in the chamber of some                     invalid。     Things that 



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many would despise�察�and actions which it                seemed scarcely worth while 

to   perform�察  �were   all   attended   to   in Cranford。      Miss   Jenkyns   stuck   an 

apple full of cloves�察�to be heated           and smell pleasantly in Miss Brown's 

room�察  �and   as she   put   in   each  clove she   uttered   a Johnsonian   sentence。 

Indeed�察  �she   never   could     think   of   the   Browns   without   talking   Johnson�察�

and�察  �as   they   were   seldom   absent   from   her   thoughts   just   then�察  �I   heard 

many a rolling�察      �three´piled sentence。 

     Captain Brown called one day to   thank Mist Jenkyns for many  little 

kindnesses�察�which I did not know until then that she had rendered。                       He 

had    suddenly     become      like  an   old   man�察   �his  deep    bass   voice    had   a 

quavering in it�察�his eyes looked dim�察�and the lines on his face                were deep。 

He did not ´ could not ´ speak cheerfully of his               daughter's state�察�but he 

talked with manly�察�pious resignation�察�and             not much。      Twice over he said�察�

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