Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Author:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell [Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Unread
Publisher: Project Gutenberg
Published: 1995-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Miss Pole, then, had seen the conjuror - the real, live conjuror! and numerous were the questions we all asked her. “Had he a beard?” “Was he young, or old?” “Fair, or dark?” “Did he look” - (unable to shape my question prudently, I put it in another form) - “How did he look?” In short, Miss Pole was the heroine of the evening, owing to her morning’s encounter. If she was not the rose (that is to say the conjuror) she had been near it.

Conjuration, sleight of hand, magic, witchcraft, were the subjects of the evening. Miss Pole was slightly sceptical, and inclined to think there might be a scientific solution found for even the proceedings of the Witch of Endor. Mrs Forrester believed everything, from ghosts to death-watches. Miss Matty ranged between the two - always convinced by the last speaker. I think she was naturally more inclined to Mrs Forrester’s side, but a desire of proving herself a worthy sister to Miss Jenkyns kept her equally balanced - Miss Jenkyns, who would never allow a servant to call the little rolls of tallow that formed themselves round candles “winding-sheets,” but insisted on their being spoken of as “roley-poleys!” A sister of hers to be superstitious! It would never do.

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