? ? ? ? "But surely your guardian would try to provide for you?"
? ? ? ? "He is no longer in the city."
? ? ? ? "Who was he?" asked Otis Goodnow.
? ? ? ? "Mr. Benjamin Fielding."
? ? ? ? "Is it possible? Why, I lost three thousand dollars by him. He has treated you shamefully."
? ? ? ? "It was not intentional, I am sure," said Rodney. "He was probably drawn into using my money by the hope of retrieving himself. He wrote me that he hoped at some time to make restitution."
? ? ? ? "You speak of him generously, my lad," said Mr. Mulgrave. "Yet he has brought you to absolute poverty."
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir, and I won't pretend that it is not a hard trial to me, but if I can get a chance to earn my own living, I will not complain."
? ? ? ? "Goodnow, a word with you," said the Englishman, and he drew his friend aside. "Can't you make room for this boy in your establishment?"
? ? ? ? Otis Goodnow hesitated.
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