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Chapter 61

           ItwaseasyforhimtosettlewhatwasduefromhimtoothersbyinquiringwhatwereGod’sintentionswithregardtohimself.CoulditbeforGod’sservicethatthisfortuneshouldinanyconsiderableproportiongotoayoungwomanandherhusbandwhoweregivenuptothelightestpursuits,andmightscatteritabroadintrivialitypeoplewhoseemedtolieoutsidethepathofremarkableprovidences?Bulstrodehadneversaidtohimselfbeforehand,"Thedaughtershallnotbefound"—neverthelesswhenthemomentcamehekeptherexistencehidden;andwhenothermomentsfollowed,hesoothedthemotherwithconsolationintheprobabilitythattheunhappyyoungwomanmightbenomore.

           TherewerehoursinwhichBulstrodefeltthathisactionwasunrighteous;buthowcouldhegoback?Hehadmentalexercises,calledhimselfnoughtlaidholdonredemption,andwentoninhiscourseofinstrumentality.AndafterfiveyearsDeathagaincametowidenhispath,bytakingawayhiswife.Hedidgraduallywithdrawhiscapital,buthedidnotmakethesacrificesrequisitetoputanendtothebusiness,whichwascarriedonforthirteenyearsafterwardsbeforeitfinallycollapsed.MeanwhileNicholasBulstrodehadusedhishundredthousanddiscreetly,andwasbecomeprovincially,solidlyimportantabanker,aChurchman,apublicbenefactor;alsoasleepingpartnerintradingconcerns,inwhichhisabilitywasdirectedtoeconomyintherawmaterial,asinthecaseofthedyeswhichrottedMr.Vincy’ssilk.

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