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A Man of Means by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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To have to meet so eminent a man in the capacity of invalid, a nuisance
about the house, was almost too much for Roland's shrinking nature. The
kindness of the Windlebirds--and there seemed to be nothing that they
were not ready to do for him--distressed him beyond measure. To have a
really great man like Geoffrey Windlebird sprawling genially over his
bed, chatting away as if he were an ordinary friend, was almost
horrible. Such condescension was too much.

Gradually, as he became convalescent, Roland found this feeling
replaced by something more comfortable. They were such a genuine,
simple, kindly couple, these Windlebirds, that he lost awe and retained
only gratitude. He loved them both. He opened his heart to them. It was
not long before he had told them the history of his career, skipping
the earlier years and beginning with the entry of wealth into his life.

"It makes you feel funny," he confided to Mr. Windlebird's sympathetic
ear, "suddenly coming into a pot of money like that. You don't seem
hardly able to realize it. I don't know what to do with it."

Mr. Windlebird smiled paternally.

"The advice of an older man who has had, if I may say so, some little
experience of finance, might be useful to you there. Perhaps if you
would allow me to recommend some sound investment----"

Roland glowed with gratitude.

"There's just one thing I'd like to do before I start putting my money
into anything. It's like this."

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