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Chapter 23

           ItwasunderstronginwardpressureofthiskindthatFredhadtakenthewisestepofdepositingtheeightypoundswithhismother.ItwasapitythathehadnotatoncegiventhemtoMr.Garth;buthemeanttomakethesumcompletewithanothersixty,andwithaviewtothis,hehadkepttwentypoundsinhisownpocketasasortofseed-corn,which,plantedbyjudgment,andwateredbyluck,mightyieldmorethanthreefoldaverypoorrateofmultiplicationwhenthefieldisayounggentleman’sinfinitesoul,withallthenumeralsatcommand.

           Fredwasnotagambler:hehadnotthatspecificdiseaseinwhichthesuspensionofthewholenervousenergyonachanceorriskbecomesasnecessaryasthedramtothedrunkard;hehadonlythetendencytothatdiffusiveformofgamblingwhichhasnoalcoholicintensity,butiscarriedonwiththehealthiestchyle-fedblood,keepingupajoyousimaginativeactivitywhichfashionseventsaccordingtodesire,andhavingnofearsaboutitsownweather,onlyseestheadvantagetheremustbetoothersingoingaboardwithit.Hopefulnesshasapleasureinmakingathrowofanykind,becausetheprospectofsuccessiscertain;andonlyamoregenerouspleasureinofferingasmanyaspossibleashareinthestake.Fredlikedplay,especiallybilliards,ashelikedhuntingorridingasteeple-chase;andheonlylikeditthebetterbecausehewantedmoneyandhopedtowin.

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