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316 "flamagasted" by the information Lady Anne gave her, having herself sealed the letter which conveyed her uncle's gift, but the word "sailor" recalled her scattered senses. "Suppose I were, indeed, married to dear Arthur; and when he came home from a long voyage, he should find that I spent all the money he had been gaining, poor fellow, so that he could afford to give nothing, and found himself in debt, how very shocking it would be! But that will never be the case with me or any of mamma's daughters; we all know the value of money too well." As these thoughts passed Georgiana's mind, those of Lady Anne ran thus:—

"If I can make nothing of the marquis, either for Georgiana or myself, I shall have been dreadfully taken in, for undoubtedly that young Hales would have been the best of my sons-in-law. Glentworth, in taking two daughters, providing for another, and sending paltry bits of bills to the other two, thinks he does enough. Charles Penrhyn, knowing that money makes money, will always part with it like his heart's 'ruddy drops,' and the only advantage one has in getting any thing out of him, is the certainty that he can't prosecute. Now, sailors at times get prize-money to a considerable amount, and that young man might and would have respected my claims—then, if not noble, he is nobly allied, and if his brother should die, would come in at once. I fear much he has