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"Laetus cost me 2s. 6d. My wife bet me 2s. 6d. I couldn't read it aloud without crying. I thought I could. But after a page or two - I put my hand in my pocket. I said there! take your half-crown and let me cry comfortably when I want to!"
"There were not many books in that house, but Father and Mother as soon as they heard I could read sent me priceless volumes. One I have still, a bound copy of 'Aunt Judy's Magazine' of the early seventies, in which appeared Mrs Ewing's 'Six to Sixteen'.