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his income, and as, if the new little squire
could have spoken, this is exactly what he
would have directed, everyone was content.
‘ N ow ,’ thought Fairbrass, on the first
night of sleeping in the B ig House, ‘ now
wc shall all be free from care and as happy
as the day is long. My mother can spend
as much money as she likes, and my father
will give up his horrible u business,” and
lead a life of pleasure.1
Somehow, however, the happiness did
not seem to come as quickly as he had
hoped and expected. Money there was,
enough and to spare, and they sent it flying
about in all directions. The mother was
soon driving about in a perfcctly-appointed
carriage ; horses and ponies were bought
for the boys and girls to ride ; the former
ordered expensive guns, and the latter costly
trinkets ; while as for tailors' and milliners1
bills, they must have made a notable increase
even in the returns of the stationer who
supplied the paper on which they were
written. Occasionally, after a visit from
