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Chapter 23

           Youwillhardlydemandthathisconfidenceshouldhaveabasisinexternalfacts;suchconfidence,weknow,issomethinglesscoarseandmaterialistic:itisacomfortabledispositionleadingustoexpectthatthewisdomofprovidenceorthefollyofourfriends,themysteriesofluckorthestillgreatermysteryofourhighindividualvalueintheuniverse,willbringaboutagreeableissues,suchasareconsistentwithourgoodtasteincostume,andourgeneralpreferenceforthebeststyleofthing.Fredfeltsurethatheshouldhaveapresentfromhisuncle,thatheshouldhavearunofluck,thatbydintof"swapping"heshouldgraduallymetamorphoseahorseworthfortypoundsintoahorsethatwouldfetchahundredatanymoment"judgment"beingalwaysequivalenttoanunspecifiedsuminhardcash.Andinanycase,evensupposingnegationswhichonlyamorbiddistrustcouldimagine,Fredhadalways(atthattime)hisfather’spocketasalastresource,sothathisassetsofhopefulnesshadasortofgorgeoussuperfluityaboutthem.Ofwhatmightbethecapacityofhisfather’spocket,Fredhadonlyavaguenotion:wasnottradeelastic?Andwouldnotthedeficienciesofoneyearbemadeupforbythesurplusofanother?TheVincyslivedinaneasyprofuseway,notwithanynewostentation,butaccordingtothefamilyhabitsandtraditions,sothatthechildrenhadnostandardofeconomy,andtheelderonesretainedsomeoftheirinfantinenotionthattheirfathermightpayforanythingifhewould.Mr.

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