Chapter 15

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​⁠Another week over—and I am so many days nearer health, and spring! I have now heard all my neighbour’s history, at different sittings, as the housekeeper could spare time from more important occupations. I’ll continue it in her own words, only a little condensed. She is, on the whole, a very fair narrator, and I don’t think I could improve her style.

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In the evening, she said, the evening of my