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Excerpt from Helen Treveryan, Vol. 1 of 3: Or the Ruling Race
Unfortunately the Squire was not free from some dangerous qualities. He had a strong will, with un deniable talent and originality of mind; but his judg ment was not altogether trustworthy, and his reckless disregard for money had Often been a trouble to his wife. It was not extravagance of the ordinary type.
He spent little on horses, or Shooting, or dress, or wine, or any of the usual luxuries. He rarely drank anything but water, and though he had a magnificent appetite he liked the plainest of food; and in every way his tastes were very simple. But he seemed to look upon money as a worthless thing, to be given away with the most lavish generosity if any one wanted it, and to be spent without limit or calculation upon any object which might for the moment have aroused his interest. Hitherto the steady common sense of his wife had kept him within bounds; but now that she was gone he began to give himself more rein, and to enter upon schemes of which she would certainly have disapproved.
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