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Struggles and Trials

           Fromheaventheheromustbesmilingdownuponthatparagonofaboywhomhehadlefttocomfortandconsoleher.WehaveseenhowoneofGeorge’sgrandfathers(Mr.Osborne),inhiseasychairinRussellSquare,dailygrewmoreviolentandmoody,andhowhisdaughter,withherfinecarriage,andherfinehorses,andhernameonhalfthepubliccharity-listsofthetown,wasalonely,miserable,persecutedoldmaid.Shethoughtagainandagainofthebeautifullittleboy,herbrother’sson,whomshehadseen.Shelongedtobeallowedtodriveinthefinecarriagetothehouseinwhichhelived,andsheusedtolookoutdayafterdayasshetookhersolitarydriveinthepark,inhopesthatshemightseehim.Hersister,thebanker’slady,occasionallycondescendedtopayheroldhomeandcompanionavisitinRussellSquare.Shebroughtacoupleofsicklychildrenattendedbyaprimnurse,andinafaintgenteelgigglingtonecackledtohersisteraboutherfineacquaintance,andhowherlittleFrederickwastheimageofLordClaudLollypopandhersweetMariahadbeennoticedbytheBaronessastheyweredrivingintheirdonkey-chaiseatRoehampton.Sheurgedhertomakeherpapadosomethingforthedarlings.FrederickshehaddeterminedshouldgointotheGuards;andiftheymadeaneldersonofhim(andMr.Bullockwaspositivelyruiningandpinchinghimselftodeathtobuyland),howwasthedarlinggirltobeprovidedfor?"IexpectYOU,dear,"Mrs.Bullockwouldsay,"forofcoursemyshareofourPapa’spropertymustgototheheadofthehouse,youknow.

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