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A Family in a Very Small Way

           HeandPestler,hischief,satuptwowholenightsbytheboyinthatmomentousandawfulweekwhenGeorgyhadthemeasles;andwhenyouwouldhavethought,fromthemother’sterror,thattherehadneverbeenmeaslesintheworldbefore.Wouldtheyhavedoneasmuchforotherpeople?DidtheysitupforthefolksatthePineries,whenRalphPlantagenet,andGwendoline,andGuineverMangohadthesamejuvenilecomplaint?DidtheysitupforlittleMaryClapp,thelandlord’sdaughter,whoactuallycaughtthediseaseoflittleGeorgy?Truthcompelsonetosay,no.Theysleptquiteundisturbed,atleastasfarasshewasconcernedpronouncedherstobeaslightcase,whichwouldalmostcureitself,sentherinadraughtortwo,andthrewinbarkwhenthechildrallied,withperfectindifference,andjustforform’ssake.

           Again,therewasthelittleFrenchchevalieropposite,whogavelessonsinhisnativetongueatvariousschoolsintheneighbourhood,andwhomightbeheardinhisapartmentofnightsplayingtremulousoldgavottesandminuetsonawheezyoldfiddle.

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