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"I had rather see you a curate at seventy pounds a year, than an attorney with seven hundred," replied she. I HAD RATHER SEE YOU A CURATE AT SEVENTY POUNDS A YEAR THAN AN ATTORNEY WITH SEVEN HUNDRED REPLIED SHE
off grumbling, and took little or no notice of her absence. When the time came for Edward to leave school, he announced that he had no intention of taking orders, but meant to become an attorney. "It's such slow work," said he to his mother. "One toils away for four or five years, and then one gets a curacy of seventy pounds a-year, and no end of work to do for the money. Now the work is not much harder in a lawyer's office, and if one has one's wits about one, there are hundreds and thousands a-year to be picked up with mighty little trouble." Mrs. Browne was very sorry for this determination. She had a great desire to see her son a clergyman, like his father. She did not consider whether his character was fitted for so sacred an office; she rather thought that the profession itself, when once assumed, would purify the character; but, in fact, his fitness or unfitness for holy orders entered little into her mind. She had a respect for the profession, and his father had belonged to it. PRESENCE AT HOME HER MOTHER LEFT OFF GRUMBLING AND TOOK LITTLE OR NO NOTICE OF HER ABSENCE WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR EDWARD TO LEAVE SCHOOL HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD NO INTENTION OF TAKING ORDERS BUT MEANT TO BECOME AN ATTORNEY IT'S SUCH SLOW WORK SAID HE TO HIS MOTHER ONE TOILS AWAY FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AND THEN ONE GETS A CURACY OF SEVENTY POUNDS A YEAR AND NO END OF WORK TO DO FOR THE MONEY NOW THE WORK IS NOT MUCH HARDER IN A LAWYER'S OFFICE AND IF ONE HAS WITS ABOUT ONE THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS A YEAR TO BE PICKED UP WITH MIGHTY LITTLE TROUBLE MISSUS BROWNE WAS VERY SORRY FOR THIS DETERMINATION SHE HAD A GREAT DESIRE TO SEE HER SON A CLERGYMAN LIKE HIS FATHER SHE DID NOT CONSIDER WHETHER HIS CHARACTER WAS FITTED FOR SO SACRED AN OFFICE SHE RATHER THOUGHT THAT THE PROFESSION ITSELF WHEN ONCE ASSUMED WOULD PURIFY THE CHARACTER BUT IN FACT HIS FITNESS OR UNFITNESS FOR HOLY ORDERS ENTERED LITTLE INTO HER MIND SHE HAD A RESPECT FOR THE PROFESSION AND HIS FATHER HAD BELONGED TO IT
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