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Scenes of Clerical Life, Vol. 2 of 2: Essays (Classic Reprint)
Scenes of Clerical Life Vol 2 of 2 Essays - Classic Reprint Author:George Eliot Mr. GilfiUs Love-Story CHAPTER I WHEN old Mr. Gilfil died, thirty years ago, there was general sorrow in Shep-perton; and if black cloth had not been hung round the pulpit and reading-desk, by order of his nephew and principal legatee, the parishioners would certainly have subscribed the necessary sum out of their own pockets, rather than allow ... more »such a tribute of respect to be wanting. All the farmers' wives brought out their black bombazines; and Mrs. Jennings, at the Wharf, by appearing the first Sunday after Mr. GilfiTs death in her salmon-coloured ribbons and green shawl, excited the severest remark. To be sure, Mrs. Jennings was a new-comer, and town-bred, so that she could hardly be expected to have very clear notions of what was proper; but as Mrs. Higgins observed in an undertone to Mrs. Parrot when they were coming out of church, ** Her husband, who *d been born i' the parish, might ha* told her better." And unreadiness to put on black on all available occasions, or too gr
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