"
Mrs. Sweeting had hitherto listened in silence. Miss Tarrant provoked
her.
"It's all a fuss about nothing, that's my opinion. What has she done
that you know to be wrong? And as to the Doctor, he's got a right to
please himself. I'm surprised at you, Miss Tarrant, for YOU'VE always
stuck for him through thick and thin. As for that Mrs. Jenkins, I'll
take my Bible oath that the last time she washed for me she stunk of gin
enough to poison me, and went away with two bits of soap in her pocket.
You may credit what she says: _I_ don't, and never demean myself to
listen to her."
The ladies came to no conclusion. Mrs. Bingham said that she had
suggested a round robin to Dr. Midleton, but that her husband decidedly
"discountenanced the proposal." Within a fortnight the election of
governors was to take place. There was always a fight at these
elections, and this year the Radicals had a strong list. The Doctor,
whose term of office had expired, was the most prominent of the Tory and
Church candidates, and never doubted his success.
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