Then she related the whole story to Captain Watson`s family; what gown she had on, and how striped; and that Mrs. Veal told her that it was scoured. Then Mrs. Watson cried out, “You have seen her indeed, for none knew but Mrs. Veal and myself that the gown was scoured.” And Mrs. Watson owned that she described the gown exactly; “for,” said she, “I helped her to make it up.” This Mrs. Watson blazed all about the town, and avouched the demonstration of truth of Mrs. Bargrave`s seeing Mrs. Veal`s apparition. And Captain Watson carried two gentlemen immediately to Mrs. Bargrave`s house to hear the relation from her own mouth.And when it spread so fast that gentlemen and persons of quality, the judicious and skeptical part of the world, flocked in upon her, it at last become such a task that she was forced to go out of the way; for they were in general extremely satisfied of the truth of the thing, and plainly saw that Mrs. Bargrave was no hypochondriac, for she always appears with such a cheerful air and pleasing mien that she has gained the favor and esteem of all the gentry, and it is thought a great favor if they can but get the relation from her own mouth.
Mrs. Bargrave
I should have told you before that Mrs. Veal told Mrs. Bargrave that her sister and brother-in-law were just come down from London to see her. Says Mrs. Bargrave, “How came you to order matters so strangely?” “It could not be helped,” said Mrs. Veal. And her brother and sister did come to see her, and entered the town of Dover just as Mrs. Veal was expiring. Mrs. Bargrave asked her whether she would drink some tea. Says Mrs. Veal, “I do not care if I do; but I`ll warrant you this mad fellow”—meaning Mrs. Bargrave`s husband— “has broke all your trinkets.” “But,” says Mrs. Bargrave, “I`ll get something to drink in for all that”; but Mrs. Veal waived it, and said, “It is no matter; let it alone,” and so it passed.All the time I sat with Mrs. Bargrave, which was some hours, she recollected fresh sayings of Mrs. Veal. And one material thing more she told Mrs. Bargrave, that old Mr. Bretton allowed Mrs. Veal ten pounds a year, which was a secret, and unknown to Mrs. Bargrave till Mrs. Veal told her.
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