Cranford Quotes
Caroline Tomkinson: Sister, has something occurred?
Miss Tomkinson: I think it likely; Miss Pole is gesticulating.
Miss Tomkinson: I think it likely; Miss Pole is gesticulating.
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Mary Smith: It attracted me at first because it was my mother's home, but I find I love it for its own sake now. All around us England shifts and changes but Cranford stands fast. Its women are like Amazons, and to those who live here it is the world entire.
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Miss Pole: Men! They are all the same! They know everything about everything, say, when it is to happen and how it can be stopped. My father was a man. I think I understand the sex.
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[Mary Smith is coming to stay with Matty and Deborah Jenkyns and they are preparing her bedroom]
Miss Matty Jenkyns: Ought we to light a fire, do you suppose?
Miss Deborah Jenkyns: [horrified] A fire? Our guest gave us a deal of information in her letter, but I saw no mention of her being ill.
Miss Matty Jenkyns: Ought we to light a fire, do you suppose?
Miss Deborah Jenkyns: [horrified] A fire? Our guest gave us a deal of information in her letter, but I saw no mention of her being ill.
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