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In Which Miss Crawley’s Relations Are Very Anxious About Her

           HeralliedalittleunderthePodgers’pillswhichIadministeredtohim;butalas!itwastoolate.Hisdeathwasdelightful,however;andhischangewasonlyforthebetter;Creamer,mydearPitt,mustleaveyouraunt."

           Pittexpressedhisperfectacquiescence.He,too,hadbeencarriedalongbytheenergyofhisnoblekinswoman,andfuturemother-in-law.HehadbeenmadetoacceptSaundersMcNitre,LukeWaters,GilesJowls,Podgers’Pills,Rodgers’Pills,Pokey’sElixir,everyoneofherLadyship’sremediesspiritualortemporal.Heneverleftherhousewithoutcarryingrespectfullyawaywithhimpilesofherquacktheologyandmedicine.O,mydearbrethrenandfellow-sojournersinVanityFair,whichamongyoudoesnotknowandsufferundersuchbenevolentdespots?Itisinvainyousaytothem,"DearMadam,ItookPodgers’specificatyourorderslastyear,andbelieveinit.Why,whyamItorecantandaccepttheRodgers’articlesnow?"Thereisnohelpforit;thefaithfulproselytizer,ifshecannotconvincebyargument,burstsintotears,andtherefusantfindshimself,attheendofthecontest,takingdownthebolus,andsaying,"Well,well,Rodgers’beit."

           "Andasforherspiritualstate,"continuedtheLady,"thatofcoursemustbelookedtoimmediately:withCreamerabouther,shemaygooffanyday:andinwhatacondition,mydearPitt,inwhatadreadfulcondition!IwillsendtheReverendMr.Ironstoherinstantly.

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