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was able , assured her of their ' separation Ifeififf oply 4 temporary one , and jpersuaded her quietly to listen while tne necessary future arrangements were being agreed upon . By no personal affection had tne bachelor ever endeared himself to his nephew or niece .
he fead adopted them solely to answer his own selfish ambition ; and as this had been daily making itself more apparent to the increasing discernment of Walter , on his own account he was glad to be removed from what seemed to him so degrading a position . But his sister—what was to become of her ? Sne was
little calculated to battle with the world—weak health , weak nerves , abundant and ill-regulated sensibility , luxurious personal habits , made her completely unfit to stem the torrent that calls forth fresh energy in the strong , but too often drowns the weak in its eddies . To leave her dependent on her uncle for that affection which was so necessary to her , was a groundless hope ; to leavfe her dependent on him for what he could supply , money , was gall and wormwood : to take her with him into the world with .
their limited means , limited when compared with their pasf style of living , would be to drive her to instant privation , without having the solace of his frequent society , as his pursuits would necessarily take up his time away from her . At last he determined that she should at least remain in the country until he had irisured some way of adding to their income , half of which was to remain with her to save her from the humiliation of being entirely dependent on her uncle . Of its amount Walter knew but little ; they had
always been liberally supplied , always had ample provisions of every kind suited to their style of living . Walter knew that the cottage once , with some acres of farm land attached to it , " in the neig hbourhood of his uncle ' s mansion , had been his father ' s , but of what was the rental , or of what other property had been
left with this , he was ignorant . This he was determined to ascertain as soon as possible ; and , as he was willing to avoid another stormy interview , ne wrote a repetition of his former determination to his uncle , accompanied by the desire to know what his real
circumstances were , and that matters might come to a speedy termination . While Walter had been busily occupied in forming his future plans , the bachelor had not been idle . Walter ' s decision of manner gave him little hope of his intentions , and he determined from henceforward to banish him from his presence , and not only that , but what others would have thought a far more objectionable oroceedincr . to shut him out from all future rememobjectionable proceedingto shut him out from all future
remem-, brances of any kind . He now turned his hopes to his niece , determined to retain her as his playing card ; and , though he felt how much he had lost in not having his nephew as an auxiliary , he resolved to waste no time in regrets , but to look about him . He returned a mere business answer to Walter ' s inquiry , telling hirh that his entire dependence , and that of his sister , was oh the rent derhrttlifrtifft TMandfc , the cottage and farm above-mentioned ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1835, page 468, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2647/page/32/
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