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much money have you, Quincy, and what is your income?"
"Father gave me fifty thousand dollars outright when I was twenty-one;
it pays on an average six per cent. Besides this he allows me two
thousand a year for supposed professional services rendered in his law
office."
"That makes five thousand a year," said Aunt Ella quickly. "Well, I'll
allow you five thousand more a year, and the day you are married I'll
give you as much outright as your father did. That's unconditional. Now,
conditionally, if you bring your wife here and live with me you shall
have rooms and board free, and I'll leave you every dollar I possess
when I'm through with it. Don't argue with me now," she continued, as
Quincy essayed to speak. "Think it over, tell her about it. You will do
as you please, of course, but I shall not change my mind on this point."
"Didn't your husband leave any relatives that might turn up and prevent
any such disposition of your property?"
"When we married, Robert said he was alone in the world," replied Aunt
Ella; "he had no sisters, and only one brother, named Charles.
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