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A Family in a Very Small Way

           ,CrutchedFriars,andthemagnificentproprietressofthePineries,Fulham,whogavesummerdejeunersfrequentedbyDukesandEarls,anddroveabouttheparishwithmagnificentyellowliveriesandbayhorses,suchastheroyalstablesatKensingtonthemselvescouldnotturnoutIsayhadshebeenMrs.Mangoherself,orherson’swife,LadyMaryMango(daughteroftheEarlofCastlemouldy,whocondescendedtomarrytheheadofthefirm),thetradesmenoftheneighbourhoodcouldnotpayhermorehonourthantheyinvariablyshowedtothegentleyoungwidow,whenshepassedbytheirdoors,ormadeherhumblepurchasesattheirshops.

           ThusitwasnotonlyMr.Pestler,themedicalman,butMr.Lintontheyoungassistant,whodoctoredtheservantmaidsandsmalltradesmen,andmightbeseenanydayreadingtheTimesinthesurgery,whoopenlydeclaredhimselftheslaveofMrs.Osborne.Hewasapersonableyounggentleman,morewelcomeatMrs.Sedley’slodgingsthanhisprincipal;andifanythingwentwrongwithGeorgy,hewoulddropintwiceorthriceinthedaytoseethelittlechap,andwithoutsomuchasthethoughtofafee.Hewouldabstractlozenges,tamarinds,andotherproducefromthesurgery-drawersforlittleGeorgy’sbenefit,andcompoundeddraughtsandmixturesforhimofmiraculoussweetness,sothatitwasquiteapleasuretothechildtobeailing.

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