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Argentine, after some little consideration, came to the conclusion that dining, regarded as a fine art, was perhaps the most amusing pursuit open to fallen humanity, and thus his dinners became famous in London, and an invitation to his table a thing covetously desired. ARGENTINE AFTER SOME LITTLE CONSIDERATION CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT DINING REGARDED AS A FINE ART WAS PERHAPS THE MOST AMUSING PURSUIT OPEN TO FALLEN HUMANITY AND THUS HIS DINNERS BECAME FAMOUS IN LONDON AND AN INVITATION TO HIS TABLE A THING COVETOUSLY DESIRED
r enough to the fountain of good things to secure one of the family livings, but the son, even if he had taken orders, would scarcely have obtained so much as this, and moreover felt no vocation for the ecclesiastical estate. Thus he fronted the world with no better armour than the bachelor’s gown and the wits of a younger son’s grandson, with which equipment he contrived in some way to make a very tolerable fight of it. At twenty-five Mr. Charles Aubernon saw himself still a man of struggles and of warfare with the world, but out of the seven who stood before him and the high places of his family three only remained. These three, however, were “good lives,” but yet not proof against the Zulu assegais and typhoid fever, and so one morning Aubernon woke up and found himself Lord Argentine, a man of thirty who had faced the difficulties of existence, and had conquered. The situation amused him immensely, and he resolved that riches should be as pleasant to him as poverty had always been. E HIS FATHER HAD BEEN NEAR ENOUGH TO THE FOUNTAIN OF GOOD THINGS TO SECURE ONE OF THE FAMILY LIVINGS BUT THE SON EVEN IF HE HAD TAKEN ORDERS WOULD SCARCELY HAVE OBTAINED SO MUCH AS THIS AND MOREOVER FELT NO VOCATION FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL ESTATE THUS HE FRONTED THE WORLD WITH NO BETTER ARMOUR THAN THE BACHELOR'S GOWN AND THE WITS OF A YOUNGER SON'S GRANDSON WITH WHICH EQUIPMENT HE CONTRIVED IN SOME WAY TO MAKE A VERY TOLERABLE FIGHT OF IT AT TWENTY FIVE MISTER CHARLES OBERON SAW HIMSELF STILL A MAN OF STRUGGLES AT A WARFARE WITH THE WORLD BUT OUT OF THE SEVEN WHO STOOD BEFORE HIM IN THE HIGH PLACES OF HIS FAMILY THREE ONLY REMAINED THESE THREE HOWEVER WERE GOOD LIVES BUT YET NOT PROOF AGAINST THE ZULU ASIGIZE AND TYPHOID FEVER AND SO ONE MORNING OBENON WOKE UP AND FOUND HIMSELF LORD ARGENTINE A MAN OF THIRTY WHO HAD FACED THE DIFFICULTIES OF EXISTENCE AND HAD CONQUERED THE SITUATION AMUSED HIM IMMENSELY AND HE RESOLVED THAT RICHES SHOULD BE AS PLEASANT TO HIM AS POVERTY HAD ALWAYS BEEN
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