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"Why, it wouldn't do for the heir presumptive to Clarenden, and a possible claimant to Avondale, to get engaged to a person in that station of life; he had to make up either to a heap of money or else a big title; he simply had to marry a lady of quality," sez Bill. "So he could contribute his share of epolepsy to the family collection, I suppose," sez I.
Now, how did this one get to be a younger son?" "Why, the first marriage of the Earl also resulted in a son," sez Bill. "His first wife was a lady of quality, but she had a weak constitution an' the son has epolepsy. The younger son was fitted for the army, but he got into a scrape, was given a lump sum by his father, an' came to this country, where he disappeared.
Jim wrote 'em from New York that he was goin' to South Africa, an' then he wrote 'em from Australia that he was goin' to India, an' then he wrote 'em from " "Oh, those was only jokes," sez I. "Jim's all right; but what become of Dick?" "Nobody knows," sez Bill, "an' nobody cares. He's got lots better health than Lord Wilfred, but he's got some epolepsy, too, an' he's a mean sneak.
"Oh, this ain't Richard," sez I. "He ain't got epolepsy nor insanity; he's just stingy an' stupid." "How do you know he ain't got epolepsy?" sez Bill. "'Cause he don't bark like a dog nor froth at the mouth, nor he ain't afraid o' water," sez I. "You're thinkin' o' hydrophobia," sez Bill. "Epolepsy is sort o' fits." "Well, by gum, he did have one fit!" sez I. "What kind?" sez Bill.
His mother was insane, but she left him a little bunch of money." "She must have had more quality than the average of 'em;" sez I, "but hanged if I wouldn't sooner do without the quality than to have all that epolepsy thrown in with it. Jim's all right though, I'll say that for the breed." "Yes, Jim was a fine feller from all accounts," sez Bill, "but where the Jink did you meet up with him?"
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