letter was
then
received,
and the
kind
intentions
of his
father
fully
explained.
A living,
of which
Mr.
Morland
was
himself
patron and
incumbent,
of about
four
hundred
pounds
yearly
value, was
to be
resigned
to his son
as soon as
he should
be old
enough to
take it;
no
trifling
deduction
from the
family
income, no
niggardly
assignment
to one of
ten
children.
An estate
of at
least
equal
value,
moreover,
was
