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Chapter 9

           Iftheycanavoidcasualties,theydieonlyofoldage,andareburiedintheobscurestplacesthatcanbefound,theirfriendsandrelationsexpressingneitherjoynorgriefattheirdeparture;nordoesthedyingpersondiscovertheleastregretthatheisleavingtheworld,anymorethanifhewereuponreturninghomefromavisittooneofhisneighbours.Iremembermymasterhavingoncemadeanappointmentwithafriendandhisfamilytocometohishouse,uponsomeaffairofimportance:onthedayfixed,themistressandhertwochildrencameverylate;shemadetwoexcuses,firstforherhusband,who,asshesaid,happenedthatverymorningtoshnuwnh.Thewordisstronglyexpressiveintheirlanguage,butnoteasilyrenderedintoEnglish;itsignifies,"toretiretohisfirstmother."Herexcusefornotcomingsooner,was,thatherhusbanddyinglateinthemorning,shewasagoodwhileconsultingherservantsaboutaconvenientplacewherehisbodyshouldbelaid;andIobserved,shebehavedherselfatourhouseascheerfullyastherest.Shediedaboutthreemonthsafter.

           Theylivegenerallytoseventy,orseventy-fiveyears,veryseldomtofourscore.Someweeksbeforetheirdeath,theyfeelagradualdecay;butwithoutpain.Duringthistimetheyaremuchvisitedbytheirfriends,becausetheycannotgoabroadwiththeirusualeaseandsatisfaction

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