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Good evening and welcome to the Sleep book shelf where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm your host, Elizabeth. It is wonderful to have you here this evening.

Tonight we are continuing with Cranford.

But before that, just take a moment here to let go of the day.

Closing up. to let go of the day. Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through your nose for one, two, three, four. 2 3. 4. And hold it for 2. 3. 4.

3. 4.

3. 4. Now out through your mouth for 2. 3. 4.

This is called Box Breathing breathing whereby you can imagine tracing a square as you inhale, hold, and exhale and hold for equal amounts of time. It helps to de-stress your

nervous system and is a great tool to use throughout the day when you need to

slow down and breathe. Let's try it once more now with me.

Inhale one, two, three, four.

Hold it 2. 3. 4. And exhale 2., three, four.

Do you feel any calmer now?

Perhaps you can try this yourself in your own time, while I recap on our story.

As we know, the people of Cranford respected economy and none more so than Miss Matty.

Her vice was candles.

She would happily sit all evening by a dying fire, sewing or trying to read in the dim light rather than light another candle.

The only time an exception was made

was the evening she decided to finally sort through all her old letters and

correspondence to discard in the fire. It was clear to her that without any children to bestow these onto, there was no need to keep them.

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