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Chapter 2

           Hequittedthemilitiaandengagedintrade,havingbrothersalreadyestablishedinagoodwayinLondon,whichaffordedhimafavourableopening.Itwasaconcernwhichbroughtjustemploymentenough.HehadstillasmallhouseinHighbury,wheremostofhisleisuredayswerespent;andbetweenusefuloccupationandthepleasuresofsociety,thenexteighteenortwentyyearsofhislifepassedcheerfullyaway.Hehad,bythattime,realisedaneasycompetenceenoughtosecurethepurchaseofalittleestateadjoiningHighbury,whichhehadalwayslongedforenoughtomarryawomanasportionlessevenasMissTaylor,andtoliveaccordingtothewishesofhisownfriendlyandsocialdisposition.

           ItwasnowsometimesinceMissTaylorhadbeguntoinfluencehisschemes;butasitwasnotthetyrannicinfluenceofyouthonyouth,ithadnotshakenhisdeterminationofneversettlingtillhecouldpurchaseRandalls,andthesaleofRandallswaslonglookedforwardto;buthehadgonesteadilyon,withtheseobjectsinview,tilltheywereaccomplished.Hehadmadehisfortune,boughthishouse,andobtainedhiswife;andwasbeginninganewperiodofexistence,witheveryprobabilityofgreaterhappinessthaninanyyetpassedthrough.

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