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Chapter 21

           MyacquaintanceswerenotslowinsuggestingplansforthedissipationofmysurpluscashwhydidInotbuildformyselfamarblepalaceontheRiviera?orayachttocompletelyoutshinethePrinceofWales’s‘Britannia’?WhydidInotstartatheatre?Orfoundanewspaper?Notoneofmysocialadvisersonceproposedmydoinganyprivatepersonalgoodwithmyfortune.Whensometerriblecaseofdistresswaspublished,andsubscriptionswereraisedtorelievetheobjectorobjectsofsuffering,IinvariablygaveTenGuineas,andallowedmyselftobethankedformy‘generousassistance.Imightaswellhavegiventenpence,fortheguineaswerenomoretomeincomparisonthanthepence.Whenfundswerestartedtoerectastatuetosomegreatmanwhohad,intheusualwayoftheworld,beenavictimofmisrepresentationtillhisdeath,IproducedmyTenGuineasagain,whenIcouldeasilyhavedefrayedthewholecostofthememorial,withhonourtomyself,andbeennonethepoorer.

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