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Chapter 9

           Ihopeitisadrysituation,andthatherhealthwillbetakengoodcareof.Itoughttobeafirstobject,asIamsurepoorMissTaylor’salwayswaswithme.Youknow,mydear,sheisgoingtobetothisnewladywhatMissTaylorwastous.AndIhopeshewillbebetteroffinonerespect,andnotbeinducedtogoawayafterithasbeenherhomesolong."

           ThefollowingdaybroughtnewsfromRichmondtothroweverythingelseintothebackground.AnexpressarrivedatRandallstoannouncethedeathofMrs.Churchill!Thoughhernephewhadhadnoparticularreasontohastenbackonheraccount,shehadnotlivedabovesix-and-thirtyhoursafterhisreturn.Asuddenseizureofadifferentnaturefromanythingforebodedbyhergeneralstate,hadcarriedheroffafterashortstruggle.ThegreatMrs.Churchillwasnomore.

           Itwasfeltassuchthingsmustbefelt.Everybodyhadadegreeofgravityandsorrow;tendernesstowardsthedeparted,solicitudeforthesurvivingfriends;and,inareasonabletime,curiositytoknowwhereshewouldbeburied.Goldsmithtellsus,thatwhenlovelywomanstoopstofolly,shehasnothingtodobuttodie;andwhenshestoopstobedisagreeable,itisequallytoberecommendedasaclearerofill-fame.Mrs.Churchill,afterbeingdislikedatleasttwenty-fiveyears,wasnowspokenofwithcompassionateallowances.Inonepointshewasfullyjustified.Shehadneverbeenadmittedbeforetobeseriouslyill.

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