id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt chapter-002 chapter-002 .txt text/plain 1980 107 80 To take three thousand pounds from the fortune of their dear little boy would be impoverishing him to the most dreadful degree. It was very well known that no affection was ever supposed to exist between the children of any man by different marriages; and why was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half sisters? Had he been in his right senses, he could not have thought of such a thing as begging you to give away half your fortune from your own child." As it is, without any addition of mine, they will each have about three thousand pounds on their mother's death--a very comfortable fortune for any young woman." If they marry, they will be sure of doing well, and if they do not, they may all live very comfortably together on the interest of ten thousand pounds." ./cache/chapter-002.txt ./txt/chapter-002.txt