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True, the expenditure was of no moment to a man in his position, and there was no fear that Mrs. Jordan would involve him in dangerous extravagance; but he had always lived with such excessive economy that the sudden change to a life correspondent with his income could not but make him uncomfortable. TRUE THE EXPENDITURE WAS OF NO MOMENT TO A MAN IN HIS POSITION AND THERE WAS NO FEAR THAT MISSUS JORDAN WOULD INVOLVE HIM IN DANGEROUS EXTRAVAGANCE BUT HE HAD ALWAYS LIVED WITH SUCH EXCESSIVE ECONOMY THAT THE SUDDEN CHANGE TO A LIFE CORRESPONDENT WITH HIS INCOME COULD NOT BUT MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE
e of yielding himself to affectionate guidance. His wits had gone wool-gathering; they returned to him only after the short honeymoon at Brighton, when he stood upon his own hearth-rug, and looked round at the new furniture and ornaments which symbolized a new beginning of life. The admirable landlady had shown herself energetic, clear-headed, and full of resource; it was she who chose the house, and transacted all the business in connection with it; Mr. Jordan had merely run about in her company from place to place, smiling approval and signing cheques. No one could have gone to work more prudently, or obtained what she wanted at smaller outlay; for all that, Mr. Jordan, having recovered something like his normal frame of mind, viewed the results with consternation. Left to himself, he would have taken a very small house, and furnished it much in the style of Islington lodgings; as it was, he occupied a ten-roomed 'villa', with appointments which seemed to him luxurious, aristocratic. NJOYED THE NOVEL SENSE OF YIELDING HIMSELF TO AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE HIS WITS HAD GONE WOOL GATHERING THEY RETURNED TO HIM ONLY AFTER THE SHORT HONEYMOON AT BRIGHTON WHEN HE STOOD UPON HIS OWN HEARTH RUG AND LOOKED ROUND AT THE NEW FURNITURE AND ORNAMENTS WHICH SYMBOLIZED A NEW BEGINNING OF LIFE THE ADMIRABLE LANDLADY HAD SHOWN HERSELF ENERGETIC CLEAR HEADED AND FULL OF RESOURCE IT WAS SHE WHO CHOSE THE HOUSE AND TRANSACTED ALL THE BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH IT MISTER JORDAN HAD MERELY RUN ABOUT IN HER COMPANY FROM PLACE TO PLACE SMILING APPROVAL AND SIGNING CHEQUES NO ONE COULD HAVE GONE TO WORK MORE PRUDENTLY OR OBTAINED WHAT SHE WANTED AT SMALLER OUTLAY FOR ALL THAT MISTER JORDAN HAVING RECOVERED SOMETHING LIKE HIS NORMAL FRAME OF MIND VIEWED THE RESULTS WITH CONSTERNATION LEFT TO HIMSELF HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A VERY SMALL HOUSE AND FURNISHED IT MUCH IN THE STYLE OF ISLINGTON LODGINGS AS IT WAS HE OCCUPIED A TEN ROOMED VILLA WITH APPOINTMENTS WHICH SEEMED TO HIM LUXURIOUS ARISTOCRATIC
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