In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light

           WhenLordSteynewasbenevolentlydisposed,hedidnothingbyhalves,andhiskindnesstowardstheCrawleyfamilydidthegreatesthonourtohisbenevolentdiscrimination.Hislordshipextendedhisgood-willtolittleRawdon:hepointedouttotheboy’sparentsthenecessityofsendinghimtoapublicschool,thathewasofanagenowwhenemulation,thefirstprinciplesoftheLatinlanguage,pugilisticexercises,andthesocietyofhisfellow-boyswouldbeofthegreatestbenefittotheboy.Hisfatherobjectedthathewasnotrichenoughtosendthechildtoagoodpublicschool;hismotherthatBriggswasacapitalmistressforhim,andhadbroughthimon(asindeedwasthefact)famouslyinEnglish,theLatinrudiments,andingenerallearning:butalltheseobjectionsdisappearedbeforethegenerousperseveranceoftheMarquisofSteyne.HislordshipwasoneofthegovernorsofthatfamousoldcollegiateinstitutioncalledtheWhitefriars.IthadbeenaCistercianConventinolddays,whentheSmithfield,whichiscontiguoustoit,wasatournamentground.Obstinatehereticsusedtobebroughtthitherconvenientforburninghardby.HenryVIII,theDefenderoftheFaith,seizeduponthemonasteryanditspossessionsandhangedandtorturedsomeofthemonkswhocouldnotaccommodatethemselvestothepaceofhisreform.Finally,agreatmerchantboughtthehouseandlandadjoining,inwhich,andwiththehelpofotherwealthyendowmentsoflandandmoney,heestablishedafamousfoundationhospitalforoldmenandchildren.

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