Chapter 32

           

           "They’lltakesuggestionasacatlapsmilk."SHAKESPEARE:Tempest.

           ThetriumphantconfidenceoftheMayorfoundedonMr.Featherstone’sinsistentdemandthatFredandhismothershouldnotleavehim,wasafeebleemotioncomparedwithallthatwasagitatingthebreastsoftheoldman’sblood-relations,whonaturallymanifestedmoretheirsenseofthefamilytieandweremorevisiblynumerousnowthathehadbecomebedridden.Naturally:forwhen"poorPeter"hadoccupiedhisarm-chairinthewainscotedparlor,noassiduousbeetlesforwhomthecookpreparesboilingwatercouldhavebeenlesswelcomeonahearthwhichtheyhadreasonsforpreferring,thanthosepersonswhoseFeatherstonebloodwasill-nourished,notfrompenuriousnessontheirpart,butfrompoverty.BrotherSolomonandSisterJanewererich,andthefamilycandorandtotalabstinencefromfalsepolitenesswithwhichtheywerealwaysreceivedseemedtothemnoargumentthattheirbrotherinthesolemnactofmakinghiswillwouldoverlookthesuperiorclaimsofwealth.Themselvesatleasthehadneverbeenunnaturalenoughtobanishfromhishouse,anditseemedhardlyeccentricthatheshouldharekeptawayBrotherJonah,SisterMartha,andtherest,whohadnoshadowofsuchclaims.TheyknewPeter’smaxim,thatmoneywasagoodegg,andshouldbelaidinawarmnest.

           ButBrotherJonah,SisterMartha,andalltheneedyexiles,heldadifferentpointofview.

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