About ten days after Quincy's interview with his Aunt Ella, in which she
had signified her intention of making him an allowance, he received a
letter from a Boston banking firm, informing him that by direction of
Mrs. Ella Chessman, the sum of five thousand dollars had been placed to
his credit, and that a similar sum would be so placed on the first
business day of January in each succeeding year. A blank card was
enclosed for a copy of his signature, and the statement made that his
drafts would be duly honored.
When Quincy and his aunt reached Eastborough Centre, after the trio of
weddings, they found that they had a full hour to wait before the
arrival of the next ingoing train.
This gave plenty of time for the reloading of the horses and carriage on
the special car in which they had been brought from Boston and which had
been side-tracked.
Quincy wished to accompany his aunt to Boston and escort her to her
home, but she demurred. He insisted, but his aunt replied, "Don't go,
please don't, Quincy; they will take me for your mother, and I really am
not quite old enough for that.
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