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Newton, Freckleton, Rawcliffe, and Chipping contained respectively at one time many more Quakers than Preston, but the old stations were gradually broken up, and Preston eventually got the majority of their members. A building located somewhere between Everton-gardens and Spring-gardens was first used as a meeting-house by them.
If she could find courage to go through with the thing, perhaps she would be glad when it was over. Three days went by. Rawcliffe led an unusually quiet and regular life. There came the day on which his weekly bill was presented. Mrs. Turpin brought it in person at breakfast, and stood with it in her hand, an image of vacillation. Her lodger made one of his familiar jokes; she laughed feebly.
It was true that he belonged to a family of some esteem in the Wattleborough neighbourhood, but his father had died in embarrassed circumstances, and his mother was now the wife of a prosperous merchant in another town. To his stepfather Rawcliffe owed an expensive education and two or three starts in life.
'E's not takken off 'is breeches for tree daas. 'E caaun't sleap; 'e wunna eat and 'e wunna drink. There's work to be doon and 'e wunna lay haand to it. Wull yo goa oop t' 'im, Dr. Rawcliffe?" Rowcliffe went up. In the low lighted room the thing that Gwenda Cartaret had seen lay stretched in the middle of the great bed, covered with a sheet.
Luke's, whom Rawcliffe had more than once insulted, took much interest in Miss Rodney's design against this common enemy; he could not himself take active part in the campaign, but he never met the High School mistress without inquiring what progress she had made.
No; the words would not come to her lips; she was physically incapable of giving him notice. 'By the bye, Mrs. Turpin, said Rawcliffe in an offhand way, as he glanced at the bill, 'how much exactly do I owe you? Pleasantly agitated, his landlady mentioned the sum. 'Ah! I must settle that. I tell you what, Mrs. Turpin. Let it stand over for another month, and we'll square things up at Christmas.
Now, suppose you go to him as soon as he gets up, and quietly give him notice. You've no idea how much better you would feel after it. But Mrs. Turpin trembled at the suggestion. It was evident that no ordinary argument or persuasion would bring her to such a step. Miss Rodney put the matter aside for the moment. She had found no difficulty in getting information about Mr. Rawcliffe.
"Well, Greatorex " "Good evening, Dr. Rawcliffe." He came forward awkwardly, hanging his head as if detected in an act of shame. There was a silence while the two men turned their backs upon the bed, determined to ignore what was on it. They stood together by the window, pretending to stare at things out there in the night; and so they became aware of the men carrying the coffin.
Gale, having brought in the tea-things, paused in her going to say, "'Ave yo' seen Dr. Rawcliffe, Miss Mary? Ey but 'e's lookin' baad." "Everybody," said Mary, "is looking bad this muggy weather. That reminds me, how's the baby?" "'E's woorse again, Miss. I tall Assy she'll navver rear 'im." "Has the doctor seen him to-day?" "Naw, naw, nat yat. But 'e'll look in, 'e saays, afore 'e goas."
He reflected for five minutes, and uttered an unhesitating decision. Mr. Rawcliffe must go. Naturally, his wife broke into indignant clamour, and the debate lasted for an hour or two; but Turpin could be firm when he liked, and he had solid reasons for preferring to keep Miss Rodney in the house. At four o'clock Mrs.
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