... were so far arranged, and the real advantages were so great that he thought it was best to take no notice, but even to submit to the Wives and Daughters ELIZABETH GASKELL CHAPTER 4-P2 Mrs ... governor's fun, and the tamarinds, and something else that I know of, I would run off to India. I hate stifling rooms, and sick people, and the smell of drugs, and the stink of pills on my hands; - ... times her husband would lay his great hand almost caressingly on Mr Gibson's shoulder, and soothe his wife's anxiety, by saying, 'Let us alone, little woman. We understand each other,...