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ALL L\' A GAIWEX FAIR. 303<br />

looked lier iu <strong>the</strong> face— ' it will not be <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

City;<br />

* Not <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> City ? ' She knew <strong>of</strong> no suc-<br />

cess possible out <strong>of</strong> tjie City. AVliat did he<br />

mean ?<br />

'Xo, mo<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> time has come— it has<br />

been com<strong>in</strong>g a long time—when I can go to<br />

<strong>the</strong> City no more. Tlio work Jia^ long been<br />

<strong>in</strong>tolerable to me.*<br />

'Oh ! <strong>All</strong>en, you mean that you are glad<br />

to go to Ch<strong>in</strong>a.' But she knew very well that<br />

he meant noth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sort. ' You mean that<br />

you are rejoiced to have a change. Well,<br />

dear, <strong>boys</strong> are so. If you are pleased, I am<br />

pleased.'<br />

' I mean, mo<strong>the</strong>r, that I am go<strong>in</strong>g lo give<br />

up my post at Brimage and War<strong>in</strong>g's and that I<br />

'-hall try ano<strong>the</strong>r hue <strong>of</strong> life altoge<strong>the</strong>r. I shall<br />

try to Uve by literature.*<br />

She only understood one way <strong>in</strong> which<br />

money could be made. There were doctors<br />

and clerg}'men, but <strong>the</strong>y did not seem to make<br />

any money. The City was <strong>the</strong> only place.

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