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MY GBEAT AUNT POLLY'S ELOPEMENT, 109
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spirits . The gentleman held long conversations with Mr . Dever upon the will of Madam Clorinda ; the lady began to mingle in the
sports of my little grand-uncles , being , as she was , almost herself a child , until the day approached on which Mr . John Chiselton was
to return to York . It was then that the following conversation took place , as noted in the diary of my great-grandfather , wherein
he entered _i-are and exceptional occurrences . Mr . Chiselton , who seemed oppressed by a great weight on his mind , sat smoking a
friendly pipe at night in the little room behind the shop , -when he suddenly remarked that Mr . Dever was greatly blessed in my three
little grand-uncles , olive-branches of peace and plenty , to carry on an honourable name , and transmit succeeding generations of mercers
to the old shop in the market-place . Plenty there assuredly was , remarked my great-grandfather ; but as to the peace , that was more
doubtful : Darias had an awfully strong will of his own , and Samuel could never follow his father ' s business "while he persisted in saying
that six times four was twenty-two . " True , " said Mr . Chiselton ; " nevertheless the life of a bachelor was but a sad one ; and however
well his housekeeper might look after a man in the matter of buttons , the heart also required its solace . " To which Mr . Dever made an
ambiguous reply and smoked on ; he expected to be told of some matrimonial scheme at York , and enjoyed his friend ' s hesitation too
much to help him out with his announcement . Judge , however , his profound amazement when . Mr . Chiselton made him comprehend
that the charming Polly had consented to become his bride ! " Polly ! " said my great-grandfather , opening his little eyes to their
widest extent , and then repeating the word in a slowly descending scale of surprise and indignation ; " are you stark mad ? " John
Chiselton was forty-five , slightly bald , and had been a companion of Mr . Dever ' s boyhood ; Polly wanted a month of sixteen . " She
vows her heart is mine , " said John Chiselton , in a melodramatic tone . Mr . Dever went off into a roar of contemptuous laughter .
When a little recovered , " Let us call the young lady in , " said he , and Polly was accordingly sent for , and came , looking considerably
flustered , but with an expression of obstinacy about the corners of her pretty mouth which betokened well for John Chiselton and ill
for her brother . " Well , my dear , " said Mr . Dever , " I understand you have given Mr . Chiselton reason to hope " and here the
speaker again burst into a fit of irrepressible laughter , while Polly said solemnly , " Am I to understand that you refuse your consent ? "
" Certainly , " said _JZephaniah , losing patience and waxing wroth . " Go to your dolls , you silly child . " " Oh ! " ejaculated Polly , in a
tone of subtle indignation which might mean anything;—then turning to her disconsolate lover , she observed , " Never mind , Mr .
Chiselton ; I always have my own way sooner or later : " and with a toss of her head the young lady left the room .
To this declaration followed a stormy couple of days , during
My Gbeat Aunt Polly's Elopement, 109
MY GBEAT AUNT POLLY ' S ELOPEMENT , 109
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/37/
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