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Sister
Martha
,
otherwise
Mrs
.
Cranch
,
living
with
some
wheeziness
in
the
Chalky
Flats
,
could
not
undertake
the
journey
;
but
her
son
,
as
being
poor
Peter
’
s
own
nephew
,
could
represent
her
advantageously
,
and
watch
lest
his
uncle
Jonah
should
make
an
unfair
use
of
the
improbable
things
which
seemed
likely
to
happen
.
In
fact
there
was
a
general
sense
running
in
the
Featherstone
blood
that
everybody
must
watch
everybody
else
,
and
that
it
would
be
well
for
everybody
else
to
reflect
that
the
Almighty
was
watching
him
.
Thus
Stone
Court
continually
saw
one
or
other
blood
-
relation
alighting
or
departing
,
and
Mary
Garth
had
the
unpleasant
task
of
carrying
their
messages
to
Mr
.
Featherstone
,
who
would
see
none
of
them
,
and
sent
her
down
with
the
still
more
unpleasant
task
of
telling
them
so
.
As
manager
of
the
household
she
felt
bound
to
ask
them
in
good
provincial
fashion
to
stay
and
eat
;
but
she
chose
to
consult
Mrs
.
Vincy
on
the
point
of
extra
down
-
stairs
consumption
now
that
Mr
.
Featherstone
was
laid
up
.
"
Oh
,
my
dear
,
you
must
do
things
handsomely
where
there
’
s
last
illness
and
a
property
.
God
knows
,
I
don
’
t
grudge
them
every
ham
in
the
house
—
only
,
save
the
best
for
the
funeral
.
Have
some
stuffed
veal
always
,
and
a
fine
cheese
in
cut
.
You
must
expect
to
keep
open
house
in
these
last
illnesses
,
"
said
liberal
Mrs
.
Vincy
,
once
more
of
cheerful
note
and
bright
plumage
.
But
some
of
the
visitors
alighted
and
did
not
depart
after
the
handsome
treating
to
veal
and
ham
.
Brother
Jonah
,
for
example
(
there
are
such
unpleasant
people
in
most
families
;
perhaps
even
in
the
highest
aristocracy
there
are
Brobdingnag
specimens
,
gigantically
in
debt
and
bloated
at
greater
expense
)
—
Brother
Jonah
,
I
say
,
having
come
down
in
the
world
,
was
mainly
supported
by
a
calling
which
he
was
modest
enough
not
to
boast
of
,
though
it
was
much
better
than
swindling
either
on
exchange
or
turf
,
but
which
did
not
require
his
presence
at
Brassing
so
long
as
he
had
a
good
corner
to
sit
in
and
a
supply
of
food
.
He
chose
the
kitchen
-
corner
,
partly
because
he
liked
it
best
,
and
partly
because
he
did
not
want
to
sit
with
Solomon
,
concerning
whom
he
had
a
strong
brotherly
opinion
.
Seated
in
a
famous
arm
-
chair
and
in
his
best
suit
,
constantly
within
sight
of
good
cheer
,
he
had
a
comfortable
consciousness
of
being
on
the
premises
,
mingled
with
fleeting
suggestions
of
Sunday
and
the
bar
at
the
Green
Man
;
and
he
informed
Mary
Garth
that
he
should
not
go
out
of
reach
of
his
brother
Peter
while
that
poor
fellow
was
above
ground
.
The
troublesome
ones
in
a
family
are
usually
either
the
wits
or
the
idiots
.
Jonah
was
the
wit
among
the
Featherstones
,
and
joked
with
the
maid
-
servants
when
they
came
about
the
hearth
,
but
seemed
to
consider
Miss
Garth
a
suspicious
character
,
and
followed
her
with
cold
eyes
.
Mary
would
have
borne
this
one
pair
of
eyes
with
comparative
ease
,
but
unfortunately
there
was
young
Cranch
,
who
,
having
come
all
the
way
from
the
Chalky
Flats
to
represent
his
mother
and
watch
his
uncle
Jonah
,
also
felt
it
his
duty
to
stay
and
to
sit
chiefly
in
the
kitchen
to
give
his
uncle
company
.
Young
Cranch
was
not
exactly
the
balancing
point
between
the
wit
and
the
idiot
—
verging
slightly
towards
the
latter
type
,
and
squinting
so
as
to
leave
everything
in
doubt
about
his
sentiments
except
that
they
were
not
of
a
forcible
character
.
When
Mary
Garth
entered
the
kitchen
and
Mr
.
Jonah
Featherstone
began
to
follow
her
with
his
cold
detective
eyes
,
young
Cranch
turning
his
head
in
the
same
direction
seemed
to
insist
on
it
that
she
should
remark
how
he
was
squinting
,
as
if
he
did
it
with
design
,
like
the
gypsies
when
Borrow
read
the
New
Testament
to
them
.
This
was
rather
too
much
for
poor
Mary
;
sometimes
it
made
her
bilious
,
sometimes
it
upset
her
gravity
.
One
day
that
she
had
an
opportunity
she
could
not
resist
describing
the
kitchen
scene
to
Fred
,
who
would
not
be
hindered
from
immediately
going
to
see
it
,
affecting
simply
to
pass
through
.
But
no
sooner
did
he
face
the
four
eyes
than
he
had
to
rush
through
the
nearest
door
which
happened
to
lead
to
the
dairy
,
and
there
under
the
high
roof
and
among
the
pans
he
gave
way
to
laughter
which
made
a
hollow
resonance
perfectly
audible
in
the
kitchen
.
He
fled
by
another
doorway
,
but
Mr
.
Jonah
,
who
had
not
before
seen
Fred
’
s
white
complexion
,
long
legs
,
and
pinched
delicacy
of
face
,
prepared
many
sarcasms
in
which
these
points
of
appearance
were
wittily
combined
with
the
lowest
moral
attributes
.
"
Why
,
Tom
,
YOU
don
’
t
wear
such
gentlemanly
trousers
—
you
haven
’
t
got
half
such
fine
long
legs
,
"
said
Jonah
to
his
nephew
,
winking
at
the
same
time
,
to
imply
that
there
was
something
more
in
these
statements
than
their
undeniableness
.
Tom
looked
at
his
legs
,
but
left
it
uncertain
whether
he
preferred
his
moral
advantages
to
a
more
vicious
length
of
limb
and
reprehensible
gentility
of
trouser
.
In
the
large
wainscoted
parlor
too
there
were
constantly
pairs
of
eyes
on
the
watch
,
and
own
relatives
eager
to
be
"
sitters
-
up
.
"
Many
came
,
lunched
,
and
departed
,
but
Brother
Solomon
and
the
lady
who
had
been
Jane
Featherstone
for
twenty
-
five
years
before
she
was
Mrs
.
Waule
found
it
good
to
be
there
every
day
for
hoars
,
without
other
calculable
occupation
than
that
of
observing
the
cunning
Mary
Garth
(
who
was
so
deep
that
she
could
be
found
out
in
nothing
)
and
giving
occasional
dry
wrinkly
indications
of
crying
—
as
if
capable
of
torrents
in
a
wetter
season
—
at
the
thought
that
they
were
not
allowed
to
go
into
Mr
.
Featherstone
’
s
room
.
For
the
old
man
’
s
dislike
of
his
own
family
seemed
to
get
stronger
as
he
got
less
able
to
amuse
himself
by
saying
biting
things
to
them
.
Too
languid
to
sting
,
he
had
the
more
venom
refluent
in
his
blood
.
Not
fully
believing
the
message
sent
through
Mary
Garth
,
they
had
presented
themselves
together
within
the
door
of
the
bedroom
,
both
in
black
—
Mrs
.
Waule
having
a
white
handkerchief
partially
unfolded
in
her
hand
—
and
both
with
faces
in
a
sort
of
half
-
mourning
purple
;
while
Mrs
.
Vincy
with
her
pink
cheeks
and
pink
ribbons
flying
was
actually
administering
a
cordial
to
their
own
brother
,
and
the
light
-
complexioned
Fred
,
his
short
hair
curling
as
might
be
expected
in
a
gambler
’
s
,
was
lolling
at
his
ease
in
a
large
chair
.
