parted from Julia Brabazon.

"I hope you'll find yourself comfortable at Stratton, sir," said old Mrs.
Burton.

"Thank you," said Harry, "but I want very little myself in that way.
Anything does for me."

"One young gentleman we had took a bedroom at Mrs. Pott's, and did very
nicely without any second room at all. Don't you remember, Mr. B.? it
was young Granger."

"Young Granger had a very short allowance," said Mr. Burton. "He lived
upon fifty pounds a year all the time he was here."

"And I don't think Scarness had more when he began," said Mrs. Burton.
"Mr. Scarness married one of my girls, Mr. Clavering, when he started
himself at Liverpool. He has pretty nigh all the Liverpool docks under
him now. I have heard him say that butcher's meat did not cost him four
shillings a week all the time he was here. I've always thought Stratton
one of the reasonablest places anywhere for a young man to do for
himself in."

"I don't know, my dear," said the husband, "that Mr: Clavering will care
very much for that."

"Perhaps not, Mr. B.; but I do like to see young men careful about their
spendings. What's the use of spending a shilling when sixpence will do
as well; and sixpence saved when a man has nothing but himself, becomes
pounds and pounds by the time he has a family about him."