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ChAptebs I. and ll.— Mrs Sidebottom, whose maiden name was Pennycomequick, and her son Captain Pennycomequick, who had taken the name by special license, are sitting together considering ways and means. With ambitious notions and extravagant tastes she finds it difficult to live on the £400 annually, which is her income. Both she and her son are reckoning upon the possible fortune that may be theirs on the death of a wealthy relative, Jeremiah Pennycomequick (half-brother to Mrs Sidebottom), whom they have just entertained at dinner but who is disgusted with their overdone professions of interest in his welfare. Living with him is a niece, Salome Cuswortb, one of two sisters, the elder one having loft his roof to marry a French manufacturer. Mr Pennycomequick gradually becomes drawn towards the fatherless Salome, and something of a tendererfeelingspringsup within his breast. A casual joke from Captain Pennycomequick with reference to Salome and himself reveals to him his heart, and •when he meets her in his own homo after the Sidebottom banquet, he dare not meet her eyes.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 6720, 4 February 1889, Page 4
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