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' | <p>5</p. <p> One good thing is, that my mind has been <lb/> for this long time quite made up abut the <lb/> matter, and as I have now no longer any <lb/> expectations of your making a farthing there<lb/> or any where, I am proof against all disappointments<lb/> on that score. I don't mean <lb/> by this to say that I can pretend to be positive<lb/> your project will not succeed; but only that <lb/> I do not build upon the success of it at<lb/> all, and that should it miscarry, it is what <lb/> I am perfectly well prepared for. Should it <lb/> succeed, the success will be a strong presumption <lb/> you had reason on your side, when <lb/> you refused the offer. Should it even miscarry, <lb/> the miscarriage though it will be a presumption<lb/> will be no conclusive proof to the contrary.<lb/> But be that as it may, your success<lb/> in this, be it ever so great will never serve<lb/> to acquit you of the other charges.</p> <p> It is a great comfort to me all this <add> while </add> <lb/> and a great happiness you will think it, <lb/> that Q.S.P. not only is satisfied that you <lb/> should stay abroad, but even makes a point<lb/> of your doing it, in case of miscarriage: & <lb/> I really thought it was behaving like an Angel<lb/> when he told me what I suppose he has told<lb/> you, that on that consider4ation he would allow<lb/> you £100 a year: 30£ <del> <gap/> </del> in addition<lb/>to the former £70 is no mean advance, <lb/> considering how matters are circumstanced.</p> <p> The misfortune is, that with the allowance<lb/> it would be impossible for you to continue to <lb/> live at Petersburgh in the <sic>stile</sic> in which you <lb/> have been living hitherto. what then is to be <lb/> <add>done?</add></p> <pb/> <p> 6</p> <p> done? if you continue to live there and drop<lb/> your former connections, how will you be able <lb/> to resume them in order to <sic>sollicit</sic> the Code <lb/> business when it comes over? <del> The best</del> <add> A better</add> way <lb/> probably would be to pass the interval in Sweden,<lb/> were it not for the <sic>expence</sic> of getting <lb/> there | ||
. In Sweden there is no luxury — things are <lb/> still cheaper than at Petersburgh, and there<lb/> I should think you might live upon £100<lb/> a year very comfortably: as well as upon <del£300</del> <lb/> thrice that sum here. If the <sic>expence</sic> of travelling <lb/> thither would be too great, could not <lb/> you make some pretence for retiring somewhere<lb/> into the country, at a distance from<lb/> the luixury of the cap[ital.?</p> <p> Before I have done with you, I must <lb/> scold you, <del><gap/> <del> <add> for </add> your exaggerated expressions<lb/> about I know not what inestimable and inconceivable<lb?. advantages you have been drawing <lb/> from the plans you have been purs#uing, and the society you have been in. With regard to <lb/> present pleasure, <foreign>a la bonne heure</foreign>: I give<lb/. you credit for it: | |||
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5</p.
One good thing is, that my mind has been
for this long time quite made up abut the
matter, and as I have now no longer any
expectations of your making a farthing there
or any where, I am proof against all disappointments
on that score. I don't mean
by this to say that I can pretend to be positive
your project will not succeed; but only that
I do not build upon the success of it at
all, and that should it miscarry, it is what
I am perfectly well prepared for. Should it
succeed, the success will be a strong presumption
you had reason on your side, when
you refused the offer. Should it even miscarry,
the miscarriage though it will be a presumption
will be no conclusive proof to the contrary.
But be that as it may, your success
in this, be it ever so great will never serve
to acquit you of the other charges.
It is a great comfort to me all this while
and a great happiness you will think it,
that Q.S.P. not only is satisfied that you
should stay abroad, but even makes a point
of your doing it, in case of miscarriage: &
I really thought it was behaving like an Angel
when he told me what I suppose he has told
you, that on that consider4ation he would allow
you £100 a year: 30£ in addition
to the former £70 is no mean advance,
considering how matters are circumstanced.
The misfortune is, that with the allowance
it would be impossible for you to continue to
live at Petersburgh in the stile in which you
have been living hitherto. what then is to be
done?
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done? if you continue to live there and drop
your former connections, how will you be able
to resume them in order to sollicit the Code
business when it comes over? The best A better way
probably would be to pass the interval in Sweden,
were it not for the expence of getting
there
. In Sweden there is no luxury — things are
still cheaper than at Petersburgh, and there
I should think you might live upon £100
a year very comfortably: as well as upon <del£300
thrice that sum here. If the expence of travelling
thither would be too great, could not
you make some pretence for retiring somewhere
into the country, at a distance from
the luixury of the cap[ital.?
Before I have done with you, I must
scold you, for your exaggerated expressions
about I know not what inestimable and inconceivable<lb?. advantages you have been drawing
from the plans you have been purs#uing, and the society you have been in. With regard to
present pleasure, a la bonne heure: I give<lb/. you credit for it:
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