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are altogether things of the past. If he is
foolish enough to throw away my ^500^

that’s his look-out. I shall have done my

duty.’
‘ Dear me, dear me ! ’ said the lawyer.
c I don’t like this job at all. 1 would far

rather— -— 1

‘ Now, look here,* interrupted the father,
* if you think that while I keep a dog I am

going to do my own barking, you are
mistaken. One way or another, there is an

end of the matter. ’
And with this he left the room.

( Really/ said the mother to the lawyer,

‘ I think, knowing as you do what he has
gone through lately, you might have spared

my poor husband this painful scene/
Well, the lawyer was far too wise a

lawyer to let a client leave him in a fit of
temper; in a few days the poor lover finally

knew his fate, and his father’s creditors

were soon benefited to the extent of ^500
withdrawn from the fortune left to Fairbrass.

After that the handsome, kindly-natured