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Henry Norman, with his friends Alaric and Charley
Tudor, all of them in government service, were frequent visitors at the
suburban home of Mrs. Woodward and her three daughters. Henry loved Gertrude, the
eldest daughter, but she refused him as she loved Alaric. Alaric won by
competitive examination a place to which Henry aspired but for which he was
unwilling to compete and, when he became engaged to Gertrude, Henry felt doubly
aggrieved and bitterly angry.
In a desire to make money quickly, Alaric fell
into the hands of Undy Scott, a stockbroker, who
induced him to join in several dubious ventures, for one of which he was
persuaded to embezzle from a trust fund. He was tried and sentenced to six months'
imprisonment.
Henry meantime had succeeded to the family estates
and was engaged to marry the second Woodward daughter, Linda. He generously
aided Gertrude in clearing up her husband's affairs and, on Alaric's release
from prison, helped them to emigrate to
The third clerk, Charley Tudor, spent several
profitless years in the Internal Navigation Office, wasting his time and
getting into debt. He became involved with the moneylenders, narrowly escaped
marriage with a barmaid and completely lost faith in himself..
Alaric's catastrophe, however, brought him to a realization of his danger and,
largely through the influence of Katie Woodward, he pulled himself together,
secured a better position, and when Katie recovered from a seemingly mortal
illness, they were married.
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
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