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Chapter 2

           Shehadresolutionenoughtopursueherownwillinspiteofherbrother,butnotenoughtorefrainfromunreasonableregretsatthatbrother’sunreasonableanger,norfrommissingtheluxuriesofherformerhome.Theylivedbeyondtheirincome,butstillitwasnothingincomparisonofEnscombe:shedidnotceasetoloveherhusband,butshewantedatoncetobethewifeofCaptainWeston,andMissChurchillofEnscombe.

           CaptainWeston,whohadbeenconsidered,especiallybytheChurchills,asmakingsuchanamazingmatch,wasprovedtohavemuchtheworstofthebargain;forwhenhiswifedied,afterathreeyears’marriage,hewasratherapoorermanthanatfirst,andwithachildtomaintain.Fromtheexpenseofthechild,however,hewassoonrelieved.Theboyhad,withtheadditionalsofteningclaimofalingeringillnessofhismother’s,beenthemeansofasortofreconciliation;andMr.andMrs.Churchill,havingnochildrenoftheirown,noranyotheryoungcreatureofequalkindredtocarefor,offeredtotakethewholechargeofthelittleFranksoonafterherdecease.Somescruplesandsomereluctancethewidower-fathermaybesupposedtohavefelt;butastheywereovercomebyotherconsiderations,thechildwasgivenuptothecareandthewealthoftheChurchills,andhehadonlyhisowncomforttoseek,andhisownsituationtoimproveashecould.

           Acompletechangeoflifebecamedesirable.

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