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Chapter 14

           Featherstone’slandinthebackground,andapersuasionthat,letMarysaywhatshewould,shereallydidcareforhim,Fredwasnotutterlyindespair.

           Whenhegothome,hegavefourofthetwentiestohismother,askinghertokeepthemforhim."Idon’twanttospendthatmoney,mother.Iwantittopayadebtwith.Sokeepitsafeawayfrommyfingers."

           "Blessyou,mydear,"saidMrs.Vincy.Shedotedonhereldestsonandheryoungestgirl(achildofsix),whomothersthoughthertwonaughtiestchildren.Themother’seyesarenotalwaysdeceivedintheirpartiality:sheatleastcanbestjudgewhoisthetender,filial-heartedchild.AndFredwascertainlyveryfondofhismother.Perhapsitwashisfondnessforanotherpersonalsothatmadehimparticularlyanxioustotakesomesecurityagainsthisownliabilitytospendthehundredpounds.ForthecreditortowhomheowedahundredandsixtyheldafirmersecurityintheshapeofabillsignedbyMary’sfather.

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