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Chapter 1

           Brooke’sconclusionswereasdifficulttopredictastheweather:itwasonlysafetosaythathewouldactwithbenevolentintentions,andthathewouldspendaslittlemoneyaspossibleincarryingthemout.Forthemostglutinouslyindefinitemindsenclosesomehardgrainsofhabit;andamanhasbeenseenlaxaboutallhisowninterestsexcepttheretentionofhissnuff-box,concerningwhichhewaswatchful,suspicious,andgreedyofclutch.

           InMr.BrookethehereditarystrainofPuritanenergywasclearlyinabeyance;butinhisnieceDorotheaitglowedalikethroughfaultsandvirtues,turningsometimesintoimpatienceofheruncle’stalkorhiswayof"lettingthingsbe"onhisestate,andmakingherlongallthemoreforthetimewhenshewouldbeofageandhavesomecommandofmoneyforgenerousschemes.Shewasregardedasanheiress;fornotonlyhadthesisterssevenhundreda-yeareachfromtheirparents,butifDorotheamarriedandhadason,thatsonwouldinheritMr.Brooke’sestate,presumablyworthaboutthreethousanda-yeararentalwhichseemedwealthtoprovincialfamilies,stilldiscussingMr.Peel’slateconductontheCatholicquestion,innocentoffuturegold-fields,andofthatgorgeousplutocracywhichhassonoblyexaltedthenecessitiesofgenteellife.

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