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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           ButemeasuredouttheglassesofwinewhichMissCrawleywasdailyallowedtotake,withirresistibleaccuracy,greatlytotheannoyanceofFirkinandthebutler,whofoundthemselvesdeprivedofcontrolovereventhesherry-bottle.Sheapportionedthesweetbreads,jellies,chickens;theirquantityandorder.NightandnoonandmorningshebroughttheabominabledrinksordainedbytheDoctor,andmadeherpatientswallowthemwithsoaffectinganobediencethatFirkinsaid"mypoorMissusdutakeherphysiclikealamb."Sheprescribedthedriveinthecarriageortherideinthechair,and,inaword,grounddowntheoldladyinherconvalescenceinsuchawayasonlybelongstoyourproper-managing,motherlymoralwoman.Ifeverthepatientfaintlyresisted,andpleadedforalittlebitmoredinneroralittledroplessmedicine,thenursethreatenedherwithinstantaneousdeath,whenMissCrawleyinstantlygavein."She’snospiritleftinher,"FirkinremarkedtoBriggs;"sheain’tavecalledmeafoolthesethreeweeks."Finally,Mrs.Butehadmadeuphermindtodismisstheaforesaidhonestlady’s-maid,Mr.Bowlsthelargeconfidentialman,andBriggsherself,andtosendforherdaughtersfromtheRectory,previoustoremovingthedearinvalidbodilytoQueen’sCrawley,whenanodiousaccidenthappenedwhichcalledherawayfromdutiessopleasing.TheReverendButeCrawley,herhusband,ridinghomeonenight,fellwithhishorseandbrokehiscollar-bone.Feverandinflammatorysymptomssetin,andMrs.ButewasforcedtoleaveSussexforHampshire.

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