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A Vagabond Chapter

           ApartofthemweresetasidebyhisExcellencyforthepaymentofcertainoutstandingdebtsandliabilities,thechargesincidentonhishighsituationrequiredconsiderableexpense;finally,itwasfoundthathecouldnotsparetohiswifemorethanthreehundredpoundsayear,whichheproposedtopaytoheronanundertakingthatshewouldnevertroublehim.Otherwise,scandal,separation,Doctors’Commonswouldensue.ButitwasMr.Wenham’sbusiness,LordSteyne’sbusiness,Rawdon’s,everybody’stogetheroutofthecountry,andhushupamostdisagreeableaffair.

           Shewasprobablysomuchoccupiedinarrangingtheseaffairsofbusinesswithherhusband’slawyersthatsheforgottotakeanystepwhateveraboutherson,thelittleRawdon,anddidnotevenonceproposetogoandseehim.Thatyounggentlemanwasconsignedtotheentireguardianshipofhisauntanduncle,theformerofwhomhadalwayspossessedagreatshareofthechild’saffection.HismammawrotehimaneatletterfromBoulogne,whenshequittedEngland,inwhichsherequestedhimtomindhisbook,andsaidshewasgoingtotakeaContinentaltour,duringwhichshewouldhavethepleasureofwritingtohimagain.

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