Miss Crawley at Nurse

           WehaveseenhowMrs.Firkin,thelady’smaid,assoonasanyeventofimportancetotheCrawleyfamilycametoherknowledge,feltboundtocommunicateittoMrs.ButeCrawley,attheRectory;andhavebeforementionedhowparticularlykindandattentivethatgood-naturedladywastoMissCrawley’sconfidentialservant.ShehadbeenagraciousfriendtoMissBriggs,thecompanion,also;andhadsecuredthelatter’sgood-willbyanumberofthoseattentionsandpromises,whichcostsolittleinthemaking,andareyetsovaluableandagreeabletotherecipient.Indeedeverygoodeconomistandmanagerofahouseholdmustknowhowcheapandyethowamiabletheseprofessionsare,andwhataflavourtheygivetothemosthomelydishinlife.Whowastheblunderingidiotwhosaidthat"finewordsbutternoparsnips"?Halftheparsnipsofsocietyareservedandrenderedpalatablewithnoothersauce.AstheimmortalAlexisSoyercanmakemoredelicioussoupforahalf-pennythananignorantcookcanconcoctwithpoundsofvegetablesandmeat,soaskilfulartistwillmakeafewsimpleandpleasingphrasesgofartherthaneversomuchsubstantialbenefit-stockinthehandsofamerebungler.Nay,weknowthatsubstantialbenefitsoftensickensomestomachs;whereas,mostwilldigestanyamountoffinewords,andbealwayseagerformoreofthesamefood.Mrs.

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