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"We may all be dead by that time." (This cheerfully from Gilbert.) "Then the interest on our insurance money. Four per cent on five thousand dollars is two hundred; I have multiplied it twenty times." WE MAY ALL BE DEAD BY THAT TIME THIS CHEERFULLY FROM GILBERT THEN THE INTEREST ON OUR INSURANCE MONEY FOUR PER CENT ON FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS TWO HUNDRED I HAVE MULTIPLIED IT TWENTY TIMES
iscovery himself. His fees had fortunately been paid in advance up to the end of the summer term, so the strain on their resources had not been felt up to now. Nancy had disappeared from the room and now stood in the doorway. "I wish to remark that, having said a good many disagreeable things about Cousin Ann, and regretting them very much, I have placed the four black and white marble ornaments on my bedroom mantelpiece, there to be a perpetual reminder of my sins. You Dirty Boy is in a hundred pieces in the barn chamber, but if Cousin Ann ever comes to visit us again, I'll be the one to confess that Gilly and I were the cause of the accident." "Now take your pencil, Nancy, and see where we are in point of income, at the present moment," her mother suggested, with an approving smile. "Put down the pension of thirty dollars a month." "Down.--Three hundred and sixty dollars." "Now the hundred dollars over and above the rent of the Charlestown house." "Down; but it lasts only four years. D SO THAT HE MIGHT MAKE THE PAINFUL DISCOVERY HIMSELF HIS FEES HAD FORTUNATELY BEEN PAID IN ADVANCE UP TO THE END OF THE SUMMER TERM SO THE STRAIN ON THEIR RESOURCES HAD NOT BEEN FILLED UP UNTIL NOW NANCY HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THE ROOM AND NOW STOOD IN THE DOORWAY I WISH TO REMARK HAVING SAID A GOOD MANY DISAGREEABLE THINGS ABOUT COUSIN ANN AND REGRETTING THEM VERY MUCH I HAVE PLACED THE FOUR BLACK AND WHITE MARBLE ORNAMENTS ON MY BEDROOM MANTELPIECE THERE TO BE A PERPETUAL REMINDER OF MY SINS YOU DIRTY BOY IS IN A HUNDRED PIECES IN THE BARN CHAMBER BUT IF COUSIN ANN EVER COMES TO VISIT US AGAIN I'LL BE THE ONE TO CONFESS THAT GILLY AND I WERE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT NOW TAKE YOUR PENCIL NANCY AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN POINT OF INCOME AT THE PRESENT MOMENT HER MOTHER SUGGESTED WITH AN IMPROVING SMILE PUT DOWN THE PENSION OF THIRTY DOLLARS A MONTH DOWN THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS NOW THE HUNDRED DOLLARS OVER AND ABOVE THE RENT OF THE CHARLESTON HOUSE DOWN BUT IT LASTS ONLY FOUR YEARS
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