"
Edward had, every day, expected that Oswald Partridge would have
called upon him, as he had promised to do, before the week was out;
but Oswald had not made his appearance, much to Edward's surprise. A
month passed away; Edward's arm was now quite well, and still Oswald
came not. One morning, Humphrey and Edward were conversing upon many
points--the principal of which was upon Edward going to Lymington, for
they were now in want of flour and meal, when Edward thought of what
old Jacob had told him relative to the money that he would find in his
chest. He went into Jacob's room and opened the chest, at the bottom
of which, under the clothes, he found a leather bag, which he brought
out to Humphrey; on opening it, they were much surprised to find in it
more than sixty gold pieces, besides a great deal of silver coin.
"Surely this is a great sum of money," observed Humphrey. "I don't
know what is the price of things; but it appears to me, that it ought
to last us a long while."
"I think so too," replied Edward. "I wish Oswald Partridge would come,
for I want to ask him many questions. I don't know the price of flour,
or anything else we have to purchase, nor do I know what I ought to be
paid for venison. I don't like to go to Lymington till I see him for
that reason.
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