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A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire

           Andhebeganalongspeech,explaininghowstraitenedhehimselfwasinmoneymatters;howthetenantswouldnotpay;howhisfather’saffairs,andtheexpensesattendantuponthedemiseoftheoldgentleman,hadinvolvedhim;howhewantedtopayoffincumbrances;andhowthebankersandagentswereoverdrawn;andPittCrawleyendedbymakingacompromisewithhissister-in-lawandgivingheraverysmallsumforthebenefitofherlittleboy.

           Pittknewhowpoorhisbrotherandhisbrother’sfamilymustbe.ItcouldnothaveescapedthenoticeofsuchacoolandexperiencedolddiplomatistthatRawdon’sfamilyhadnothingtoliveupon,andthathousesandcarriagesarenottobekeptfornothing.Heknewverywellthathewastheproprietororappropriatorofthemoney,which,accordingtoallpropercalculation,oughttohavefallentohisyoungerbrother,andhehad,wemaybesure,somesecretpangsofremorsewithinhim,whichwarnedhimthatheoughttoperformsomeactofjustice,or,letussay,compensation,towardsthesedisappointedrelations.Ajust,decentman,notwithoutbrains,whosaidhisprayers,andknewhiscatechism,anddidhisdutyoutwardlythroughlife,hecouldnotbeotherwisethanawarethatsomethingwasduetohisbrotherathishands,andthatmorallyhewasRawdon’sdebtor.

           But,asonereadsinthecolumnsoftheTimesnewspapereverynowandthen,queerannouncementsfromtheChancelloroftheExchequer,acknowledgingthereceiptof50poundsfromA.B.,or10poundsfromW.T.

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