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Miss Crawley at Nurse

           

           Butifafaultmaybefoundwithherarrangements,itisthis,thatshewastooeager:shemanagedrathertoowell;undoubtedlyshemadeMissCrawleymoreillthanwasnecessary;andthoughtheoldinvalidsuccumbedtoherauthority,itwassoharassingandsevere,thatthevictimwouldbeinclinedtoescapeattheveryfirstchancewhichfellinherway.Managingwomen,theornamentsoftheirsexwomenwhoordereverythingforeverybody,andknowsomuchbetterthananypersonconcernedwhatisgoodfortheirneighbours,don’tsometimesspeculateuponthepossibilityofadomesticrevolt,oruponotherextremeconsequencesresultingfromtheiroverstrainedauthority.

           Thus,forinstance,Mrs.Bute,withthebestintentionsnodoubtintheworld,andwearingherselftodeathasshedidbyforegoingsleep,dinner,freshair,forthesakeofherinvalidsister-in-law,carriedherconvictionoftheoldlady’sillnesssofarthatshealmostmanagedherintohercoffin.Shepointedouthersacrificesandtheirresultsonedaytotheconstantapothecary,Mr.Clump.

           "Iamsure,mydearMr.Clump,"shesaid,"noeffortsofminehavebeenwantingtorestoreourdearinvalid,whomtheingratitudeofhernephewhaslaidonthebedofsickness.Inevershrinkfrompersonaldiscomfort:Ineverrefusetosacrificemyself."

           "Yourdevotion,itmustbeconfessed,isadmirable,"Mr.

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