"A fit! a fit! There never was such a thing in my family before."
"My dear madam, you have fainted yourself repeatedly within a fortnight"
"Oh! she fainted, that was all. I can forgive that; it arose from being awoke in a fright; besides she's very subject to anxiety. When you have given her lunch, pray send her home, as I shall be miserable till I know what Fanchette has taken; if it only is to the amount of seven pound ten, I shall be nearly safe, for in another month I should have paid her a quarter's wages. I always paid her to the day, come what would."
"So!—that creature had thirty pounds a-year, and numerous presents and privileges, whilst those dear girls were wanting necessaries—but their days of distress are waxing short, that is a comfort," said the good neighbour to herself.
