Struggles and Trials

           OurfriendsatBromptonweremeanwhilepassingtheirChristmasaftertheirfashionandinamannerbynomeanstoocheerful.

           Outofthehundredpoundsayear,whichwasabouttheamountofherincome,theWidowOsbornehadbeeninthehabitofgivingupnearlythree-fourthstoherfatherandmother,fortheexpensesofherselfandherlittleboy.With#120more,suppliedbyJos,thisfamilyoffourpeople,attendedbyasingleIrishservantwhoalsodidforClappandhiswife,mightmanagetoliveindecentcomfortthroughtheyear,andholduptheirheadsyet,andbeabletogiveafriendadishofteastill,afterthestormsanddisappointmentsoftheirearlylife.SedleystillmaintainedhisascendencyoverthefamilyofMr.Clapp,hisex-clerk.Clapprememberedthetimewhen,sittingontheedgeofthechair,hetossedoffabumpertothehealthof"Mrs.SMissEmmy,andMr.JosephinIndia,"atthemerchant’srichtableinRussellSquare.Timemagnifiedthesplendourofthoserecollectionsinthehonestclerk’sbosom.Wheneverhecameupfromthekitchen-parlourtothedrawing-roomandpartookofteaorgin-and-waterwithMr.Sedley,hewouldsay,"Thiswasnotwhatyouwasaccustomedtoonce,sir,"andasgravelyandreverentiallydrinkthehealthoftheladiesashehaddoneinthedaysoftheirutmostprosperity.HethoughtMiss‘Melia’splayingthedivinestmusiceverperformed,andherthefinestlady.

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