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How to Live Well on Nothing a Year

           CrawleymadeanexpeditionintoEngland,leavingbehindherherlittlesonuponthecontinent,underthecareofherFrenchmaid.

           ThepartingbetweenRebeccaandthelittleRawdondidnotcauseeitherpartymuchpain.Shehadnot,tosaytruth,seenmuchoftheyounggentlemansincehisbirth.AftertheamiablefashionofFrenchmothers,shehadplacedhimoutatnurseinavillageintheneighbourhoodofParis,wherelittleRawdonpassedthefirstmonthsofhislife,notunhappily,withanumerousfamilyoffoster-brothersinwoodenshoes.Hisfatherwouldrideovermanyatimetoseehimhere,andtheelderRawdon’spaternalheartglowedtoseehimrosyanddirty,shoutinglustily,andhappyinthemakingofmud-piesunderthesuperintendenceofthegardener’swife,hisnurse.

           Rebeccadidnotcaremuchtogoandseethesonandheir.Oncehespoiledanewdove-colouredpelisseofhers.Hepreferredhisnurse’scaressestohismamma’s,andwhenfinallyhequittedthatjollynurseandalmostparent,hecriedloudlyforhours.Hewasonlyconsoledbyhismother’spromisethatheshouldreturntohisnursethenextday;indeedthenurseherself,whoprobablywouldhavebeenpainedatthepartingtoo,wastoldthatthechildwouldimmediatelyberestoredtoher,andforsometimeawaitedquiteanxiouslyhisreturn.

           Infact,ourfriendsmaybesaidtohavebeenamongthefirstofthatbroodofhardyEnglishadventurerswhohavesubsequentlyinvadedtheContinentandswindledinallthecapitalsofEurope.

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