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110 MY GEEAT AUNT POLLY' S ELOPEMENT.
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which . Mr . Chiselton remained a guest at the Cat and the Fiddle , and words ran high between my great-grandfather and him . Mr .
Chiselton , a comfortable hosier , with a " modest competence , " as he expressed himself , thought himself entitled to claim any woman for
his wife , -were she ever so young and lovely . My great-grandfather , being a man of sense and really fond of his sister , could not bear
the idea of the disparity of age , and looked to see his pretty Polly wed with some gentleman , and take that position in the county to
which her breeding entitled her . My great-grandmother said that Clorinda had made her daughter " uncommonly prudent . " If
Polly had desired to marry some penniless young scapegrace , she would have observed that she had always foretold how Clorinda ' s
romantic notions would end . What said Polly to all this ?—she lighted John Chiselton ' s pipe
and placed it affectionately in his mouth , sewed together a beautiful pair of lace lappets for him to wear with his black velvet coat , -was
overheard confidentially discussing the furniture of the best parlour at his house in York , and in fact persisted in totally ignoring the
vexation which boiled and bubbled round her . If it became disagreeable , and angry remarks darkened the air to a greater degree
than she liked , sne went off to play with Samuel , Jonas , and Darias , and was soon as great a child as any of the three . At length my
greatgrandfather , utterly dumbfoundered at the continuous opposition , and knowing Polly to be quite capable of starting off , like
Whittington , to seek her fortune , if he made her new home disagreeable to her , was driven into a corner , and made this compromise , that , if
Polly would remain peaceably an inmate of his household until she ¦ wa s seventeen , he would then give his consent to her marrying John
Chiselton , and settling down to the cares of matronhood in York . With this Polly agreed to be content , and John Chiselton did not
dare to press the matter further , lest he should entirely lose the good graces of his old friend , and place himself in a ridiculous light to all
the division gossi . ps , who y great were -grandfather certain to agreed know sooner —because or later he could of the not domestic help
it—that they should correspond once a week ; and he hoped that absenceand the distractions natural to her age , would drive what
, he called this " absurd fantasy ! ' out of his sister ' s head . So Mr . Chiselton went back to York , and Polly remained to
chew the cud of sweet or bitter fancy , and become the beauty of Burchester .
dawning A year into passed womanhood on , and , Poll when y , from new a elements lovely child appeared , was rap on idl the y
scene . Mr . Paul Lefevre , mindful of the upsetting of the Flying Post , had for some time frequented the old shop . Wonderful
were his daily inventions as to articles of the toilette . Even in
fashio those n day able , ma when sc uli silk n e c and ostu me lace , , and and a ribbons beau at formed a little p a rt distance of th e
110 My Geeat Aunt Polly' S Elopement.
110 MY GEEAT AUNT POLLY ' S ELOPEMENT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/38/
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