MissCrawleyatNurseWehaveseenhowMrs。Firkin，thelady’smaid，assoonasanyeventofimportancetotheCrawleyfamilycametoherknowledge，feltboundtocommunicateittoMrs。
ButeCrawley，attheRectory；andhavebeforementionedhowparticularlykindandattentivethatgood-
naturedladywastoMissCrawley’sconfidentialservant。
ShehadbeenagraciousfriendtoMissBriggs，thecompanion，also；andhadsecuredthelatter’sgood-willbyanumberofthoseattentionsandpromises，whichcostsolittleinthemaking，andareyetsovaluableandagreeabletotherecipient。Indeedeverygoodeconomistandmanagerofahouseholdmustknowhowcheapandyethowamiabletheseprofessionsare，andwhataflavourtheygivetothemosthomelydishinlife。Whowastheblunderingidiotwhosaidthat“finewordsbutternoparsnips“？Halftheparsnipsofsocietyareservedandrenderedpalatablewithnoothersauce。AstheimmortalAlexisSoyercanmakemoredelicioussoupforahalf-
pennythananignorantcookcanconcoctwithpoundsofvegetablesandmeat，soaskilfulartistwillmakeafewsimpleandpleasingphrasesgofartherthaneversomuchsubstantialbenefit-stockinthehandsofamerebungler。