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M：You have lived here a considerable time． Did you not say sixteen years?
W：Eighteen，sir，I came，when I was twenty，to wait on the mistress till she died at forty-eight，the master retained me for his housekeeper．
M：Indeed．
W：Ah，times are greatly Changed Since then!
M：Yes，you’ve seen a good many alterations，I suppose?
W：I have，and troubles too．
M：Why the landlord let Thrushcross Grange，  and preferred living in a situation and residence so much inferior．Is he not rich enough to keep the estate in good order?
W: Rich，sir!  He has，nobody knows what money，and every year it increases．Yes，yes，he’s rich enough to
live in a finer house than this: but he’s very near -- close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world!
M: He had a son, it seems?
W: Yes, he had one -- he is dead.
M: And, that young lady is his widow?
W: Yes.
M: Where did she come from originally?
W: Why, sir, she is my late master’s daughter: Catherine Clinton was her maiden name. I nursed her, poor thing! I did wish her family would remove here, and then we might have been together again.