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Chapter 53

           AstrongleadinginthisdirectionseemedtohavebeengiveninthesurprisingfacilityofgettingStoneCourt,wheneveryonehadexpectedthatMr.RiggFeatherstonewouldhaveclungtoitastheGardenofEden.ThatwaswhatpooroldPeterhimselfhadexpected;havingoften,inimagination,lookedupthroughthesodsabovehim,and,unobstructedby.perspective,seenhisfrog-facedlegateeenjoyingthefineoldplacetotheperpetualsurpriseanddisappointmentofothersurvivors.

           Buthowlittleweknowwhatwouldmakeparadiseforourneighbors!Wejudgefromourowndesires,andourneighborsthemselvesarenotalwaysopenenougheventothrowoutahintoftheirs.ThecoolandjudiciousJoshuaRigghadnotallowedhisparenttoperceivethatStoneCourtwasanythinglessthanthechiefgoodinhisestimation,andhehadcertainlywishedtocallithisown.ButasWarrenHastingslookedatgoldandthoughtofbuyingDaylesford,soJoshuaRigglookedatStoneCourtandthoughtofbuyinggold.Hehadaverydistinctandintensevisionofhischiefgood,thevigorousgreedwhichhehadinheritedhavingtakenaspecialformbydintofcircumstance:andhischiefgoodwastobeamoneychanger.

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