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Chapter XII. Who Met Diamond At Sandwich

           ForonboardthatvesselMissColeman’sloverwasapassenger;andwhenthenewscamethatthevesselhadgonedown,andthatallonboardhadperished,wemaybesureshedidnotthinkthelossoftheirfinehouseandgardenandfurniturethegreatestmisfortuneintheworld.

           Ofcourse,thetroubledidnotendwithMr.Colemanandhisfamily.Nobodycansufferalone.Whenthecauseofsufferingismostdeeplyhiddenintheheart,andnobodyknowsanythingaboutitbutthemanhimself,hemustbeagreatandagoodmanindeed,suchasfewofushaveknown,ifthepaininsidehimdoesnotmakehimbehavesoastocauseallabouthimtobemoreorlessuncomfortable.Butwhenamanbringsmoney-troublesonhimselfbymakinghastetoberich,thenmostofthepeoplehehastodowithmustsufferinthesamewaywithhimself.Theelm-treewhichNorthWindblewdownthatverynight,asifsmallandgreattrialsweretobegatheredinoneheap,crushedMissColeman’sprettysummer-house:justsothefallofMr.Colemancrushedthelittlefamilythatlivedoverhiscoach-houseandstable.BeforeDiamondwaswellenoughtobetakenhome,therewasnohomeforhimtogoto.Mr.Coleman—orhiscreditors,forIdonotknowtheparticulars—hadsoldhouse,carriage,horses,furniture,andeverything.HeandhiswifeanddaughterandMrs.CrumphadgonetoliveinasmallhouseinHoxton,wherehewouldbeunknown,andwhencehecouldwalktohisplaceofbusinessintheCity.Forhewasnotanoldman,andhopedyettoretrievehisfortunes

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