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Quotation from Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

“he was always in scrapes; he was too easy.”

Elizabeth Gaskell (spoken by Miss Matty)

Cranford, Ch. V, Old Letters (Project Gutenberg text (1904 Dent edition))

Portrait of Elizabeth Gaskell

Reading the family letters, Miss Matty begins to speak of her lost brother Peter.

Citation: "he was always in scrapes; he was too easy." — Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, Ch. V, Old Letters (Project Gutenberg text (1904 Dent edition)). (id cranford-q5)

Portrait: Elizabeth Gaskell, George Richmond, Public domain.

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