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Chapter 24

           Curiouslyenough,hispainintheaffairbeforehandhadconsistedalmostentirelyinthesensethathemustseemdishonorable,andsinkintheopinionoftheGarths:hehadnotoccupiedhimselfwiththeinconvenienceandpossibleinjurythathisbreachmightoccasionthem,forthisexerciseoftheimaginationonotherpeople’sneedsisnotcommonwithhopefulyounggentlemen.Indeedwearemostofusbroughtupinthenotionthatthehighestmotivefornotdoingawrongissomethingirrespectiveofthebeingswhowouldsufferthewrong.Butatthismomenthesuddenlysawhimselfasapitifulrascalwhowasrobbingtwowomenoftheirsavings.

           "Ishallcertainlypayitall,Mrs.Garthultimately,"hestammeredout.

           "Yes,ultimately,"saidMrs.Garth,whohavingaspecialdisliketofinewordsonuglyoccasions,couldnotnowrepressanepigram."Butboyscannotwellbeapprenticedultimately:theyshouldbeapprenticedatfifteen."ShehadneverbeensolittleinclinedtomakeexcusesforFred.

           "Iwasthemostinthewrong,Susan,"saidCaleb."Fredmadesureoffindingthemoney.ButI’dnobusinesstobefingeringbills.Isupposeyouhavelookedallroundandtriedallhonestmeans?"headded,fixinghismercifulgrayeyesonFred.Calebwastoodelicate,tospecifyMr.Featherstone.

           "Yes,IhavetriedeverythingIreallyhave.IshouldhavehadahundredandthirtypoundsreadybutforamisfortunewithahorsewhichIwasabouttosell.

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