The Craze of Christina — page 75: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 71 to me that you are embarking upon a mosi peril- ous adventure, for really even if you do take this situation I can’t understand what you are going to do next! If you would only just allow me to consult Messrs. Chase, my solicitors, first——”’ ‘*And then the whole scheme would fall to the ground at once! for what solicitor in his senses would approve of it? No, my dear father, we have come so far and we must go on. I have got my own plans. From the moment | saw the terms of this old miser’s will, I felt convinced that something could be done, and why should you—why should Ella and I end our lives in grinding poverty, when by a bold stroke we may succeed in gaining a portion, if not the whole, of this splendid inheritance?’ _ “My dear, what bold stroke do you contem- plate? pray consider the young man, the pres- ent owner—Mr. Greville’s nephew—who is now in possession.”’ : “Why should I consider him? He also, it seems, was living in poverty and obscurity, and he was probably quite content with his lot; he was never brought up to expect anything bet- ter. Besides which he is young, and presum- ably healthy—at twenty-five a healthy man can work for himself, because life is before CORMICDOOKSsEO