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 Brother was a poor Man for his rank in Society. "He is a warm friend to Sanditon—said Mr Parker—& his hand wd be as liberal as his heart, had he the Power.—He would be a noble Coadjutor!—As it is, he does what he can & is running up a tasteful little Cottage Ornèe, on a strip of Waste Ground Lady D. has granted him, which I have no doubt we shall have many a Candidate for, before the end even of this Season." Till within the last twelvemonth, Mr P. had considered Sir Edw: as standing without a rival, as having the fairest chance of succeeding to the greater part of all that she had to give—but there was now another person's claims to be taken into the account, those of the young female relation, whom Lady D. had been induced to receive into her Family. After having always pro- tested