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Struggles and Trials

           HeneverwouldsitdownbeforeSedleyattheclubeven,norwouldhehavethatgentleman’scharacterabusedbyanymemberofthesociety.HehadseenthefirstmeninLondonshakinghandswithMr.S;hesaid,"He’dknownhimintimeswhenRothschildmightbeseenon‘Changewithhimanyday,andheowedhimpersonallyeverythink."

           Clapp,withthebestofcharactersandhandwritings,hadbeenableverysoonafterhismaster’sdisastertofindotheremploymentforhimself."Suchalittlefishasmecanswiminanybucket,"heusedtoremark,andamemberofthehousefromwhicholdSedleyhadsecededwasverygladtomakeuseofMr.Clapp’sservicesandtorewardthemwithacomfortablesalary.Infine,allSedley’swealthyfriendshaddroppedoffonebyone,andthispoorex-dependentstillremainedfaithfullyattachedtohim.

           OutofthesmallresidueofherincomewhichAmeliakeptbackforherself,thewidowhadneedofallthethriftandcarepossibleinordertoenablehertokeepherdarlingboydressedinsuchamannerasbecameGeorgeOsborne’sson,andtodefraytheexpensesofthelittleschooltowhich,aftermuchmisgivingandreluctanceandmanysecretpangsandfearsonherownpart,shehadbeeninducedtosendthelad.ShehadsatupofnightsconninglessonsandspellingovercrabbedgrammarsandgeographybooksinordertoteachthemtoGeorgy.ShehadworkedevenattheLatinaccidence,fondlyhopingthatshemightbecapableofinstructinghiminthatlanguage.

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