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Chapter 32

           SisterMartha,otherwiseMrs.Cranch,livingwithsomewheezinessintheChalkyFlats,couldnotundertakethejourney;butherson,asbeingpoorPeter’sownnephew,couldrepresentheradvantageously,andwatchlesthisuncleJonahshouldmakeanunfairuseoftheimprobablethingswhichseemedlikelytohappen.InfacttherewasageneralsenserunningintheFeatherstonebloodthateverybodymustwatcheverybodyelse,andthatitwouldbewellforeverybodyelsetoreflectthattheAlmightywaswatchinghim.

           ThusStoneCourtcontinuallysawoneorotherblood-relationalightingordeparting,andMaryGarthhadtheunpleasanttaskofcarryingtheirmessagestoMr.Featherstone,whowouldseenoneofthem,andsentherdownwiththestillmoreunpleasanttaskoftellingthemso.Asmanagerofthehouseholdshefeltboundtoaskthemingoodprovincialfashiontostayandeat;butshechosetoconsultMrs.Vincyonthepointofextradown-stairsconsumptionnowthatMr.Featherstonewaslaidup.

           "Oh,mydear,youmustdothingshandsomelywherethere’slastillnessandaproperty.Godknows,Idon’tgrudgethemeveryhaminthehouseonly,savethebestforthefuneral.Havesomestuffedvealalways,andafinecheeseincut.Youmustexpecttokeepopenhouseintheselastillnesses,"saidliberalMrs.Vincy,oncemoreofcheerfulnoteandbrightplumage.

           Butsomeofthevisitorsalightedanddidnotdepartafterthehandsometreatingtovealandham.

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