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On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers

On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers

Henty, G. a.

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ISBN10: 1499688601
ISBN13: 9781499688603
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 27 2014
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
What are you thinking of, Frank? Mrs. Hardy asked her husband one evening, after an unusually long silence on his part. Well, my dear, I was thinking of a good many things. In the first place, I think, I began with wondering what I should make of the boys; and that led to such a train of thoughts about ourselves and our circumstances that I hardly knew where I was when you spoke to me. Mr. Hardy spoke cheerfully, but his wife saw at once that it was with an effort that he did so. She put down the work upon which she was engaged, and moved her chair nearer to his by the fire. It is a serious question, Frank, about the boys. Charley is fifteen now, and Hubert fourteen. I wonder myself sometimes what we shall do with them. There seems no opening here in England for young fellows. The professions are crowded, even if they were not altogether beyond our means; and as to a clerkship, they had better have a trade, and stick to it: they would be far happier, and nearly as well paid. The fact is, Clara, and here Mr. Hardy paused a little, as if to gain courage to say what he feared would be very disagreeable to his wife-the fact is, we are altogether too crowded here. The best thing for the children, by far, and I think the best thing for ourselves, would be to emigrate.

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