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out refinement; but just fancy the mental tor-
ture of such a provision.”

Much more Mrs. Adams talked; nd the
doctor, who loved display, and had no desire to
see Dr. Leesw®r, his particular rival, or even
Dr. Fitzlane, better appointed than himself, felt
strongly inclined towards the new carriage, and
thought it would certainly be pleasanter to save
than to insure, and resolved to begin immedi-
ately after the purchase of his new equipage.

When persons are very prosperous, a few ten
or twenty pounds do not much signify, but the
principle of careless expenditure is hard to
curb.

Various things occurred to put°off the doc-
tor’s plan of laying by. Mrs. Adams had an ill-
ness, that rendered a residence abroad neces-
sary fora winter or two. The eldest boy must
go to Eton. As their mamma was not at home,
the little girls were sent to school. Bad as Mrs,
Adams’s management was, it was better than
no management at all. Ifthe doctor had given
up his entertainments, his “ friends” would have
said he was going down in the world, and his
patients would have imagined him less skilful ;
besides, notwithstanding his increased expendi-
ture, he found he had ample means, not to lay
by, but to spend on without debt or difficulty.
Sometimes his promise to his brother would
cross his mind, but it was soon dispelled by
what he had Jed himself to believe was the im-