drag me
down; but I will do my best. And, Harry, tell your wife I shall write to
her occasionally--once a year, or something like that, so that she need
not be afraid. Good-by, Harry." "Good-by, Julia." And so they parted.

Immediately on her arrival at Tenby, Lady Ongar communicated to Mr.
Turnbull her intention of giving back to the Courton family not only the
place called Ongar Park, but also the whole of her income with the
exception of eight hundred a year, so that in that respect she might be
equal to her sister. This brought Mr. Turnbull down to Tenby, and there
was interview after interview between the countess and the lawyer. The
proposition, however, was made to the Courtons, and was absolutely
refused by them. Ongar Park was accepted on behalf of the mother of the
present earl; but as regarded the money, the widow of the late earl was
assured by the elder surviving brother that no one doubted her right to
it, or would be a party to accepting it from her. "Then," said Lady
Ongar, "it will accumulate in my hands, and I can leave it as I please
in my will."

"As to that, no one can control you," said her brother-in-law, who went
to Tenby to see her; "but you must not be angry if I advise you not to
make any such resolution. Such hoards never have good results." This
good result, however, did come from the effort which the poor
broken-spirited woman was making--an intimacy, and at last a close
friendship, was formed between her and the relatives of her deceased
lord.

And now my story is done. My readers will easily understand what would
be the future life of Harry Clavering and his wife after the completion
of that tour in Italy and the birth of the heir, the preparations for
which made the tour somewhat shorter than Harry had intended. His
father, of course, gave up to him the shooting, and the farming of the
home farm, and, after a while, the management of the property. Sir Henry
preached occasionally--believing himself able to preach much oftener
than he did--and usually performed some portion of the morning service.
"Oh yes," said Theodore Burton in answer to some comfortable remark from
his wife, "Providence has done very well for Florence. And Providence
has done very well for him also; but Providence was making a great
mistake when he expected him to earn his bread."

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