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A really good diplomatic appointment in a large and important city would have enabled Mr. Hamilton to collect some of his scattered sons and daughters and provide them with the background for which his wife had yearned without ceasing (and very audibly) for years. A REALLY GOOD DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT IN A LARGE AND IMPORTANT CITY WOULD HAVE ENABLED MISTER HAMILTON TO COLLECT SOME OF HIS SCATTERED SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE BACKGROUND FOR WHICH HIS WIFE HAD YEARNED WITHOUT CEASING AND VERY AUDIBLY FOR YEARS
stly in Brussels or Paris; when he was in Zittau, in Saxony, she was in Dresden. If he were appointed to some business city she remained with him several months each year, and spent the others in a more artistic and fashionable locality. The situation was growing difficult because the children were gradually getting beyond school age, although there still remained to her the sacred duty of settling them properly in life. Agnes, her mother's favorite, was still at school, and was devoted to foreign languages, foreign manners, and foreign modes of life. Edith had grown restless and developed an uncomfortable fondness for her native land, so that she spent most of her time with her mother's relatives in New York, or in visiting school friends here or there. The boys had gone far away; Jack, the elder, to Texas, where he had lost what money his father and mother had put into his first business venture; Thomas, the younger, to China, where he was woefully lonely, but doing well in business.  MISSUS HAMILTON RESIDED MOSTLY IN BRUSSELS OR PARIS WHEN HE WAS IN ZITTO IN SAXONY SHE WAS IN DRESDEN IF HE WERE APPOINTED TO SOME BUSINESS CITY SHE REMAINED WITH HIM SEVERAL MONTHS EACH YEAR AND SPENT THE OTHERS IN A MORE ARTISTIC AND FASHIONABLE LOCALITY THE SITUATION WAS GROWING DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE CHILDREN WERE GRADUALLY GETTING BEYOND SCHOOL AGE ALTHOUGH THERE STILL REMAINED TO HER THE SACRED DUTY OF SETTLING THEM PROPERLY FOR LIFE AGNES HER MOTHER'S FAVORITE WAS STILL AT SCHOOL AND WAS DEVOTED TO FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOREIGN MANNERS AND FOREIGN MODES OF LIFE EDITH HAD GROWN RESTLESS AND DEVELOPED AN UNCOMFORTABLE FONDNESS FOR HER NATIVE LAND SO THAT SHE SPENT MOST OF HER TIME WITH HER MOTHER'S RELATIVES IN NEW YORK OR IN VISITING SCHOOL FRIENDS HERE OR THERE THE BOYS HAD GONE FAR AWAY JACK THE ELDER TO TEXAS WHERE HE HAD LOST WHAT MONEY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER HAD PUT INTO HIS FIRST BUSINESS VENTURE THOMAS THE YOUNGER TO CHINA WHERE HE WAS WOEFULLY LONELY BUT DOING WELL IN BUSINESS
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