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Early as it was, every one had breakfasted, and my basin of bread and milk was put on the oven-top to await my coming down. Every one was gone about their work. The first to come into the house-place was Phillis with a basket of eggs. Faithful to my resolution, I asked -What are those?She looked at me for a moment, and then said gravely -Potatoes!No! they are not, said I. They are eggs. What do you mean by saying they are potatoes?What do you mean by asking me what they were, when they are plain to be seen? retorted she.We were both getting a little angry with each other.

Elizabeth Gaskell

Early as it was, every one had breakfasted, and my basin of bread and milk was put on the oven-top to await my coming down. Every one was gone about their work. The first to come into the house-place was Phillis with a basket of eggs. Faithful to my resolution, I asked -What are those?She looked at me for a moment, and then said gravely -Potatoes!No! they are not, said I. They are eggs. What do you mean by saying they are potatoes?What do you mean by asking me what they were, when they are plain to be seen? retorted she.We were both getting a little angry with each other.

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About Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was the first biography of Charlotte Brontë. In this biography, she wrote only of the moral, sophisticated things in Brontë's life; the rest she omitted, deciding certain, more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford (1851–1853), North and South (1854–1855), and Wives and Daughters (1864–1866), all of which were adapted for television by the BBC.