[In Luck at Last by Walter Besant]@TWC D-Link bookIn Luck at Last CHAPTER VIII 17/47
But you must go on painting; you must never stop working, because we must be proud of you as well that you like.
Oh, but I have not done yet.
My grandfather is to have two rooms for himself, which he can fill with the books he will spend his time in collecting; Lala Roy will have two more rooms, quite separate, where he can sit by himself whenever he does not choose to sit with me; I shall have my own study to myself, where I shall go on reading mathematics; and we shall all have, between us, the most beautiful dining-room and drawing-room that you ever saw; and a garden and a fountain, and--yes--money to give to people who are not so fortunate as ourselves.
Will that do, Arnold ?" "Yes, but you have almost forgotten yourself, dear.
There must be carriages for you, and jewels, and dainty things all your own, and a boudoir, and nobody shall think of doing or saying anything in the house at all, except for your pleasure; will that do, Iris ?" "I suppose we shall have to give parties of some kind, and to go to them.
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