t, if he could not get the peerage himself, he might
some day have the satisfaction of being uncle to an earl.

"And so you are home for good, old fellow?"

"Yes, and just at present I feel very much at sea as to how to get
to work, as Tom Pearson arranged nothing except as to the banking
account. Everything else he has left to me. I know nothing of
London, and have no idea of the situation where I should look for
offices."

"I will put you up to all that, Stanley. I don't know anything
about it myself, as you may suppose; but if you will go with me to
my solicitors, tomorrow, they will be able to tell you. But I do
know that Leadenhall Street is the centre of the Indian trade, and
it's somewhere about there that you will have to fix yourself.

"Of course, when you have taken a place, you will have to get hold
of some clerks. If you put an advertisement in the paper, you will
get any number of applicants; or possibly my men may, through their
connection with merchants, be able to hear of some to suit you.
Anyhow, I am sure that you will find no difficulty."

Thanks to Harry's introductions, Stanley was established in a
handsome suite of offices, with three clerks, with much greater
ease than he had anticipated. Being thoroughly versed in business,
he was not long before he was at home in his new life.

Three years after his return, he married Harry's youngest sister.
The firm flourished greatly, and became one of the leading houses
in the Eastern trade. At the age of sixty, Stanley retired from
business with a large fortune. He could do this comfortably, as his
eldest son and a nephew had become active partners in the firm. He
still lives, at the age of eighty-six, in a noble mansion near
Staines; and retains all the faculties, even at advanced age.

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