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Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling not unmixed with Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Me

           

           ‘It’sputmealloverinsuchatremble,Betsy,’repliedMrs.Raddle.‘Raddleain’tlikeaman;heleaveseverythinktome.’

           ThiswasscarcelyfairupontheunfortunateMr.Raddle,whohadbeenthrustasidebyhisgoodladyinthecommencementofthedispute,andperemptorilycommandedtoholdhistongue.Hehadnoopportunityofdefendinghimself,however,forMrs.Raddlegaveunequivocalsignsoffainting;which,beingperceivedfromtheparlourwindow,Mrs.Bardell,Mrs.Sanders,thelodger,andthelodger’sservant,dartedprecipitatelyout,andconveyedherintothehouse,alltalkingatthesametime,andgivingutterancetovariousexpressionsofpityandcondolence,asifshewereoneofthemostsufferingmortalsonearth.Beingconveyedintothefrontparlour,shewastheredepositedonasofa;andtheladyfromthefirstfloorrunninguptothefirstfloor,returnedwithabottleofsal-volatile,which,holdingMrs.Raddletightroundtheneck,sheappliedinallwomanlykindnessandpitytohernose,untilthatladywithmanyplungesandstruggleswasfaintodeclareherselfdecidedlybetter.

           ‘Ah,poorthing!’saidMrs.Rogers,‘Iknowwhatherfeelin’sis,toowell.’‘Ah,poorthing!sodoI,’saidMrs.Sanders;andthenalltheladiesmoanedinunison,andsaidtheyknewwhatitwas,andtheypitiedherfromtheirhearts,theydid.Eventhelodger’slittleservant,whowasthirteenyearsoldandthreefeethigh,murmuredhersympathy.

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