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144 hundred; but on no account part with any money, save for your personal expenses, it would subject us to difficulties with the bankers. I shall, of course, save your mother from serious evils; but, like Lord Rotheles, I must condemn the misconduct which has embarrassed her at a time when, so many of her family being removed, she ought to have been comfortably situated. If she has robbed the girls, as I greatly fear, I shall leave her to feel more than she will find palatable; but Penrhyn will do the right thing, so just write what I have told you." "Oh! what a happy thing it was that I did not send away two or three hundred pounds to help poor mamma! What a dear, good creature was the Count to go off at the moment he did!" "Indeed he was," said Mary, who had only heard that part of Glentworth’s letter which related to her mother; "as otherwise she would not be helped, for I am quite certain she has long ago taken the last shilling from Helen and Georgiana; that stands to reason, she must look to her own daughters, if they had any thing." "Of course, of course,—she must look to us all," said Isabella, shaking her head. "But surely, dear sister, Mr. Glentworth's whole letter is not written on this painful topic, and in the stern style those lines are dictated which you read. I do not wonder he finds fault, but it is hard on you to receive a lecture instead of a letter," Mary added.