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Chapter 7

           

           ‘Isupposethere’snodoubtabouthisbeingrich’saidDick.

           ‘Doubt!Didyouhearwhatheletfalltheotherdaywhenwewerethere?Doubt!Whatwillyoudoubtnext,Dick?’

           Itwouldbetedioustopursuetheconversationthroughallitsartfulwindings,ortodevelopethegradualapproachesbywhichtheheartofRichardSwivellerwasgained.Itissufficienttoknowthatvanity,interest,poverty,andeveryspendthriftconsiderationurgedhimtolookupontheproposalwithfavour,andthatwhereallotherinducementswerewanting,thehabitualcarelessnessofhisdispositionsteppedinandstillweigheddownthescaleonthesameside.Totheseimpulsesmustbeaddedthecompleteascendancywhichhisfriendhadlongbeenaccustomedtoexerciseoverhimanascendancyexertedinthebeginningsorelyattheexpenseofhisfriend’svices,andwasinninecasesoutoftenlookeduponashisdesigningtempterwhenhewasindeednothingbuthisthoughtless,light-headedtool.

           ThemotivesontheothersideweresomethingdeeperthananywhichRichardSwivellerentertainedorunderstood,butthesebeinglefttotheirowndevelopment,requirenopresentelucidation.Thenegotiationwasconcludedverypleasantly,andMrSwivellerwasintheactofstatinginflowerytermsthathehadnoinsurmountableobjectiontomarryinganybodyplentifullyendowedwithmoneyormoveables,whocouldbeinducedtotakehim,whenhewasinterruptedinhisobservationsbyaknockatthedoor,andtheconsequentnecessityofcrying‘Comein.

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