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Chapter II

           Hewasexceedinglywelldressedaccordingtostandardsprevailinginthosedays,indulginginfloweredwaistcoats,long,light-coloredfrock-coats,andtheinvariable(forafairlyprosperousman)highhat.Frankwasfascinatedbyhimatonce.HehadbeenaplanterinCubaandstillownedabigranchthereandcouldtellhimtalesofCubanliferebellions,ambuscades,hand-to-handfightingwithmachetesonhisownplantation,andthingsofthatsort.HebroughtwithhimacollectionofIndiancuries,tosaynothingofanindependentfortuneandseveralslavesone,namedManuel,atall,raw-bonedblack,washisconstantattendant,abodyservant,asitwere.Heshippedrawsugarfromhisplantationinboat-loadstotheSouthwarkwharvesinPhiladelphia.Franklikedhimbecausehetooklifeinahearty,jovialway,ratherroughandoffhandforthissomewhatquietandreservedhousehold.

           "Why,NancyArabella,"hesaidtoMrsCowperwoodonarrivingoneSundayafternoon,andthrowingthehouseholdintojoyousastonishmentathisunexpectedandunheraldedappearance,"youhaven’tgrownaninch!IthoughtwhenyoumarriedoldbrotherHyherethatyouweregoingtofattenuplikeyourbrother.Butlookatyou!IsweartoHeavenyoudon’tweighfivepounds."Andhejouncedherupanddownbythewaist,muchtotheperturbationofthechildren,whohadneverbeforeseentheirmothersofamiliarlyhandled.

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