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Chapter XXXIII

           Onedoesnotjump,andspring,andshouthurrah!athearingonehasgotafortune;onebeginstoconsiderresponsibilities,andtoponderbusiness;onabaseofsteadysatisfactionrisecertaingravecares,andwecontainourselves,andbroodoverourblisswithasolemnbrow. 

           Besides,thewordsLegacy,Bequest,gosidebysidewiththewords,Death,Funeral. MyuncleIhadheardwasdeadmyonlyrelative;eversincebeingmadeawareofhisexistence,Ihadcherishedthehopeofonedayseeinghim:now,Inevershould. Andthenthismoneycameonlytome:nottomeandarejoicingfamily,buttomyisolatedself. Itwasagrandboondoubtless;andindependencewouldbegloriousyes,Ifeltthatthatthoughtswelledmyheart. 

           "Youunbendyourforeheadatlast,"saidMr.Rivers. "IthoughtMedusahadlookedatyou,andthatyouwereturningtostone.Perhapsnowyouwillaskhowmuchyouareworth?" 

           "HowmuchamIworth?" 

           "Oh,atrifle!Nothingofcoursetospeakoftwentythousandpounds,Ithinktheysaybutwhatisthat?" 

           "Twentythousandpounds?" 

           HerewasanewstunnerIhadbeencalculatingonfourorfivethousand. Thisnewsactuallytookmybreathforamoment:Mr.St.John,whomIhadneverheardlaughbefore,laughednow. 

           "Well,"saidhe,"ifyouhadcommittedamurder,andIhadtoldyouyourcrimewasdiscovered,youcouldscarcelylookmoreaghast." 

           "Itisalargesumdon’tyouthinkthereisamistake?" 

           "Nomistakeatall. 

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