As some of the money given had been
very much wanted indeed, so that the actual checks could not conveniently
be spared just at the moment to pay for the presents which ought to have
been bought, a few very pretty things were hired, as to which, when the
donors should see their names attached to them, they should surely think
that the money given had been laid out to great advantage.
CHAPTER LXVII
THE EYE OF THE PUBLIC
It took Lord Fawn a long time to write his letter, but at last he wrote
it. The delay must not be taken as throwing any slur on his character as a
correspondent or a man of business, for many irritating causes sprang up
sufficient to justify him in pleading that it arose from circumstances
beyond his own control. It is moreover felt by us all that the time which
may fairly be taken in the performance of any task depends, not on the
amount of work, but on the importance of it when done. A man is not
expected to write a check for a couple of thousand pounds as readily as he
would one for five, unless he be a man to whom a couple of thousand pounds
is a mere nothing. To Lord Fawn the writing of this letter was everything.
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