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"Do you rely upon their attachment to your family  or on their idea of your severity?" DO YOU RELY UPON THEIR ATTACHMENT TO YOUR FAMILY OR ON THEIR IDEA OF YOUR SEVERITY
s now nine years since they began to come, and they have never missed one Christmas since. Do you see any objection, Frank?" "None at all, sir," answered he. "I intend to go up to town soon after Christmas, for a week or ten days, on my way to Cambridge. Can I do anything for you?" "Well, I don't know. I think I shall go up myself some day soon. I can't understand all these lawyer's letters, about the purchase of the Newbridge estate; and I fancy I could make more sense out of it all, if I saw Mr. Hodgson." "I wish you would adopt my plan, of having an agent, sir. Your affairs are really so complicated now, that they would take up the time of an expert man of business. I am sure all those tenants at Dumford ought to be seen after." "I do see after them. There's never a one that dares cheat me, or that would cheat me if they could. Most of them have lived under the Buxtons for generations. They know that if they dared to take advantage of me, I should come down upon them pretty smartly. OUR MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT IF WE'D ADMITTED IT IT IS NOW NINE YEARS SINCE THEY BEGAN TO COME AND THEY'VE NEVER MISSED ONE CHRISTMAS SINCE DO YOU SEE ANY OBJECTION FRANK NOT AT ALL SIR ANSWERED HE I INTEND TO GO UP TO TOWN SOON AFTER CHRISTMAS FOR A WEEK OR TEN DAYS ON MY WAY TO CAMBRIDGE CAN I DO ANYTHING FOR YOU WELL I DON'T KNOW I THINK I SHALL GO UP MYSELF SOME DAY SOONER CAN'T UNDERSTND ALL THESE LAWYERS LETTERS BUT THE PURCHASE OF THE NEWBRIDGE ESTATE I FANCY I COULD MAKE SOME SENSE OUT OF IT ALL IF I SAW MISTER HOGSON I WISH YOU WOULD ADOPT MY PLAN OF HAVING AN AGENT SIR YOUR AFFAIRS ARE REALLY SO COMPLICATED NOW THAT THEY WOULD TAKE UP THE TIME OF AN EXPERT MAN OF BUSINESS I'M SURE THOSE TENANTS AT DUMFORD OUGHT TO BE SEEN AFTER I DO SEE AFTER THEM THERE'S NEVER A ONE THAT DARES CHEAT ME OR THAT WOULD CHEAT ME IF THEY COULD MOST OF THEM HAVE LIVED UNDER THE BUXONS FOR GENERATIONS THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY DARE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME I SHOULD COME DOWN UPON THEM PRETTY SMARTLY
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