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It
was
after
he
had
this
particular
letter
that
Paddy
held
a
conference
in
the
beautiful
drawing
room
on
a
night
when
everyone
was
at
home
.
He
sat
with
his
steel-rimmed
reading
half-glasses
perched
on
his
Roman
nose
,
in
a
big
cream
chair
,
his
feet
comfortably
disposed
on
a
matching
ottoman
,
his
pipe
in
a
Waterford
ashtray
.
"
How
nice
this
is
.
"
He
smiled
,
looking
around
with
pleasure
.
"
I
think
we
ought
to
give
Mum
a
vote
of
thanks
for
it
,
do
n't
you
,
boys
?
"
There
were
murmurs
of
assent
from
the
"
boys
"
;
Fee
inclined
her
head
from
where
she
sat
in
what
had
been
Mary
Carson
's
wing
chair
,
re-covered
now
in
cream
watered
silk
.
Meggie
curled
her
feet
around
the
ottoman
she
had
chosen
instead
of
a
chair
,
and
kept
her
eyes
doggedly
on
the
sock
she
was
mending
.
"
Well
,
Father
de
Bricassart
has
sorted
everything
out
and
has
been
very
generous
,
"
Paddy
continued
.
"
He
's
put
seven
thousand
pounds
in
the
bank
in
my
name
,
and
opened
a
savings
account
for
everyone
with
two
thousand
pounds
in
each
.
I
am
to
be
paid
four
thousand
pounds
a
year
as
the
station
manager
,
and
Bob
will
be
paid
three
thousand
a
year
as
the
assistant
manager
.
All
the
working
boys
--
Jack
,
Hughie
and
Stu
--
will
be
paid
two
thousand
a
year
,
and
the
little
boys
are
to
get
one
thousand
a
year
each
until
they
're
old
enough
to
decide
what
they
want
to
do
.
"
When
the
little
boys
are
grown
up
,
the
estate
will
guarantee
each
of
them
a
yearly
income
equal
to
a
full
working
member
of
Drogheda
,
even
if
they
do
n't
want
to
work
on
Drogheda
.
When
Jims
and
Patsy
turn
twelve
,
they
'll
be
sent
to
Riverview
College
in
Sydney
to
board
and
be
educated
at
the
expense
of
the
estate
.
"
Mum
is
to
have
two
thousand
pounds
a
year
for
herself
,
and
so
is
Meggie
.
The
household
account
will
be
kept
at
five
thousand
pounds
,
though
why
Father
thinks
we
need
so
much
to
run
a
house
,
I
do
n't
know
.
He
says
in
case
we
want
to
make
major
alterations
.
I
have
his
instructions
as
to
how
much
Mrs.
Smith
,
Minnie
,
Cat
and
Tom
are
to
be
paid
,
and
I
must
say
he
's
generous
.
Other
wages
I
decide
on
myself
.
But
my
first
decision
as
manager
is
to
put
on
at
least
six
more
stockmen
,
so
Drogheda
can
be
run
as
it
should
be
.
It
's
too
much
for
a
handful
.
"
That
was
the
most
he
ever
said
about
his
sister
's
management
.
No
one
had
ever
heard
of
having
so
much
money
;
they
sat
silent
,
trying
to
assimilate
their
good
fortune
.
"
We
'll
never
spend
the
half
of
it
,
Paddy
,
"
said
Fee
.
"
He
has
n't
left
us
anything
to
spend
it
on
.
"
Paddy
looked
at
her
gently
.
"
I
know
,
Mum
.
