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She has provided "two pounds of Newcastle salmon, intensely pickled, a delicate new loaf, a plate of fresh butter, and a basin of white sugar" r Mrs. Betsy Prig is late, and after the usual affectionate greetings she makes the sage remark: "I knowed she'd forget the cowcumber."

Christmas Meeting 1945

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Mrs Gamp took him by the collar of his coat, and gave him some dozen or two of hearty shakes backward and forward in his chair; that exercise being considered by the disciples of the Prig school of nursing (who are very numerous among professional ladies) as exceedingly conducive to repose, and highly beneficial to the performance of the nervous functions.

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Prig, that if there were a blemish in the goodness of her disposition, it was a habit she had of not bestowing all its sharp and acid properties upon her patients (as a thoroughly amiable woman would have done), but of keeping a considerable remainder for the service of her friends.

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She had begun to make signs of inquiry in reference to the position of the patient and his overhearing them — for there was a screen before the door — when Mrs Prig settled that point easily.

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Betsey Prig, that I can recommend, and will assist me.

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The shock of this blow was so violent and sudden, that Mrs Gamp sat staring at nothing with uplifted eyes, and her mouth open as if she were gasping for breath, until Betsey Prig had put on her bonnet and her shawl, and was gathering the latter about her throat.

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During this touching address, Mrs Prig adroitly feigning to be the victim of that absence of mind which has its origin in excessive attention to one topic, helped herself from the teapot without appearing to observe it.

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Towards these objects Mrs Gamp raised her eyes in satisfaction when she had arranged the tea – board, and had concluded her arrangements for the reception of Betsey Prig, even unto the setting forth of two pounds of

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‘Why, Betsey Prig!’ cried Mrs Gamp, ‘how CAN you talk so!’

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