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`` No , but dear uncle , I mean , is it in an unsettled state ? '' `` No my dear , not at all , -- perfectly quiet . '' `` Ah but do not play with me , '' exclaimed poor Mrs. Rossitur between laughing and crying ; -- `` I mean is it far from any town and not among neighbours ? '' `` Far enough to be out of the way of morning calls , '' said the doctor ; -- `` and when your neighbours come to see you they will expect tea by four o'clock . There are not a great many near by , but they do n't mind coming from five or six miles off . '' Mrs. Rossitur looked chilled and horrified . To her he had described a very wild country indeed .