Chapter 53

           Thefortunesofthosewhohavefiguredinthistalearenearlyclosed.Thelittlethatremainstotheirhistoriantorelate,istoldinfewandsimplewords.

           Beforethreemonthshadpassed,RoseFlemingandHarryMaylieweremarriedinthevillagechurchwhichwashenceforthtobethesceneoftheyoungclergyman’slabours;onthesamedaytheyenteredintopossessionoftheirnewandhappyhome.

           Mrs.Maylietookupherabodewithhersonanddaughter-in-law,toenjoy,duringthetranquilremainderofherdays,thegreatestfelicitythatageandworthcanknowthecontemplationofthehappinessofthoseonwhomthewarmestaffectionsandtenderestcaresofawell-spentlife,havebeenunceasinglybestowed.

           Itappeared,onfullandcarefulinvestigation,thatifthewreckofpropertyremaininginthecustodyofMonks(whichhadneverprosperedeitherinhishandsorinthoseofhismother)wereequallydividedbetweenhimselfandOliver,itwouldyield,toeach,littlemorethanthreethousandpounds.Bytheprovisionsofhisfather’swill,Oliverwouldhavebeenentitledtothewhole;butMr.Brownlow,unwillingtodeprivetheeldersonoftheopportunityofretrievinghisformervicesandpursuinganhonestcareer,proposedthismodeofdistribution,towhichhisyoungchargejoyfullyacceded.

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