Word: skewton
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...Dombey and Son the Hon. Mrs. Skewton, mother of the second Mrs. Dombey, suffers from what is now known to be cerebral arteriosclerosis. Dickens accurately follows the relentless progress of the disease. First she suffered from tremor, and "the palsy played among the artificial roses [on her hat] like an almshouse full of superannuated zephyrs." After a stroke "she lay speechless and staring at the ceiling for days; sometimes making inarticulate sounds . . . giving no reply either by sign or by gesture, or in her unwinking eyes." Dickens describes her recovery, the change in her temperament-and the second stroke that...
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