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The Palace Beautiful

CHAPTER XXI
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I would counsel you on no account to spend more of your capital than seventy pounds a year; by restricting yourselves to this sum you will have a very tiny but certain, income for two years, and will have something to fall back on even in the third year, if you are not then earning enough.

Suppose I divide your seventy pounds into four quarterly instalments, and send it to you as you require it.

You know nothing of keeping a banking account yourself, and it will absolutely not be safe for you to live in London lodgings, and have a large sum of money with you.

Take my advice in this particular, Miss Primrose, and allow me still to be your banker." "There is one little difficulty," said Primrose; "we really want to be independent, and as we know that there will be difficulties and discouragements in the career we are marking out for ourselves, and that we may often grow faint-hearted and lonely, Jasmine and I feel that we had better put ourselves quite out of the way of temptation.
We have, therefore, made up our minds not to give our address to any one in Rosebury for at least two years.

How can you send us the money, Mr.Danesfield, if you don't know where to send it ?" "My dear young lady, I fear you are a little bit too headstrong, and though I admire your spirit, I cannot quite approve of your cutting yourselves off from all communications with your friends.


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