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CHAPTER V.

The bills were taken down, the house puri-
fied from the auction-mob—every thing chang-
ed; a new name occupied the doctor’s place in
the ** Court Guide’”—and in three months the
family seemed as completely forgotten amongst
those of whom they once formed a prominent
part, as if they had never existed. When one
sphere of life closes against a family, they find
room in another. Many kind-hearted persons
in Mrs. Adams’s first circle would have been
rejoiced to be of service to her and hers, but
they were exactly the people upon whom she
had no claim. Of a high but poor family, her
relatives had little power. What family so sit-
uated ever had any influence beyond what they
absolutely needed for themselves? With an
ill grace she at last acceded to the kind offer
made by Mr.Charles Adams, and took possession
of the cottage he fixed upon, until something
could be done for his brother’s children. Ina
fit of proud despair the eldest son enlisted into
a regiment of dragoons; the second was for-
tunate enough to obtain a cadetship through a
stranger’s interference; and his uncle thought
it might be possible to get the youngest forward
in his father’s profession. 'The expense of the
necessary arrangements was severely felt by the