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How to Live Well on Nothing a Year

           Thenovelist,ithasbeensaidbefore,knowseverything,andasIaminasituationtobeabletotellthepublichowCrawleyandhiswifelivedwithoutanyincome,mayIentreatthepublicnewspaperswhichareinthehabitofextractingportionsofthevariousperiodicalworksnowpublishednottoreprintthefollowingexactnarrativeandcalculationsofwhichIought,asthediscoverer(andatsomeexpense,too),tohavethebenefit?Myson,Iwouldsay,wereIblessedwithachildyoumaybydeepinquiryandconstantintercoursewithhimlearnhowamanlivescomfortablyonnothingayear.Butitisbestnottobeintimatewithgentlemenofthisprofessionandtotakethecalculationsatsecondhand,asyoudologarithms,fortoworkthemyourself,dependuponit,willcostyousomethingconsiderable.

           Onnothingperannumthen,andduringacourseofsometwoorthreeyears,ofwhichwecanaffordtogivebutaverybriefhistory,CrawleyandhiswifelivedveryhappilyandcomfortablyatParis.ItwasinthisperiodthathequittedtheGuardsandsoldoutofthearmy.Whenwefindhimagain,hismustachiosandthetitleofColonelonhiscardaretheonlyrelicsofhismilitaryprofession.

           IthasbeenmentionedthatRebecca,soonafterherarrivalinParis,tookaverysmartandleadingpositioninthesocietyofthatcapital,andwaswelcomedatsomeofthemostdistinguishedhousesoftherestoredFrenchnobility.

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