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Miss Crawley at Home

           

           ThecauseswhichhadledtothedeplorableillnessofMissCrawley,andherdeparturefromherbrother’shouseinthecountry,wereofsuchanunromanticnaturethattheyarehardlyfittobeexplainedinthisgenteelandsentimentalnovel.Forhowisitpossibletohintofadelicatefemale,livingingoodsociety,thatsheateanddranktoomuch,andthatahotsupperoflobstersprofuselyenjoyedattheRectorywasthereasonofanindispositionwhichMissCrawleyherselfpersistedwassolelyattributabletothedampnessoftheweather?TheattackwassosharpthatMatildaashisReverenceexpresseditwasverynearly"offthehooks";allthefamilywereinafeverofexpectationregardingthewill,andRawdonCrawleywasmakingsureofatleastfortythousandpoundsbeforethecommencementoftheLondonseason.Mr.Crawleysentoverachoiceparceloftracts,toprepareherforthechangefromVanityFairandParkLaneforanotherworld;butagooddoctorfromSouthamptonbeingcalledinintime,vanquishedthelobsterwhichwassonearlyfataltoher,andgavehersufficientstrengthtoenablehertoreturntoLondon.TheBaronetdidnotdisguisehisexceedingmortificationattheturnwhichaffairstook.

           WhileeverybodywasattendingonMissCrawley,andmessengerseveryhourfromtheRectorywerecarryingnewsofherhealthtotheaffectionatefolksthere,therewasaladyinanotherpartofthehouse,beingexceedinglyill,ofwhomnoonetookanynoticeatall;andthiswastheladyofCrawleyherself.

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