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Chapter 38

           Hewasmiserablebecausehecouldnotmakeuphismindwhatbusinesstoadopt,hisanxietybeingtochoosethecallingthatwould‘pay’best—andalso,becausethoughhe‘hadhiseye’uponseveralyoungwomen,hecouldnottellwhichamongthemwouldbelikelytobeleastextravagant,andthemostserviceableasacookandhousekeeper.Theloveofmoneyandthepainsoftakingcareofit,embitteredhisdaysasitembittersthedaysofmostmen,andmyunexpectedmunificencetowardshimburdenedhimwithsuchaweightoftroubleasrobbedhimofnaturalsleepandappetite.Icarednothingforhisperplexitieshowever,andgavehimnoadvice,goodorbad.MyotherservantsIdismissed,eachwithaconsiderablegiftofmoney,notthatIparticularlywishedtobenefitthem,butsimplybecauseIdesiredthemtospeakwellofme.Andinthisworlditisveryevidentthattheonlywaytogetagoodopinionistopayforit!IgaveorderstoafamousItaliansculptorforSibyl’smonument,Englishsculptorshavingnoconceptionofsculpture—itwastobeofexquisitedesign,wroughtinpurestwhitemarble,thechiefadornmentbeingthecentre-figureofanangelreadyforflight,withthefaceofSibylfaithfullycopiedfromherpicture.Because,howeverdevilishawomanmaybeinherlife-time,oneisboundbyallthelawsofsocialhypocrisytomakeanangelofherassoonassheisdead!JustbeforeIleftLondonIheardthatmyoldcollege-friend‘Boffles,’JohnCarrington,hadmetwithasuddenend.

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