’Totheirservants（fortheysoonacquiredrichesenoughtokeepthreeorfour，Imeanhouseholdones，besidesthenumberthatwereemployedinthefarmingbusiness）theybehavedwithsuchkindnessandcivility，thathadtheyevengivenlesswagesthantheirneighbours，theywouldneverhavebeeninwantofany；everyonebeingdesirousofgettingintoafamilywheretheyweretreatedwithsuchkindnessandcondescension。
’Inthishappymannertheycontinuedtoliveformanyyears，bringingupalargefamilyofchildrentoimitatetheirvirtues；
butonegreatmortificationtheywereobligedtosubmitto，whichwasthatofputtingtheirchildrenveryearlytoboardingschool，acircumstancewhichthewantofeducationinMrs。andindeedI
mayaddMr。Flail，renderedabsolutelynecessary。
’ButIamafraid，Mrs。SallyandMrs。Nelly，youwillbetired，asIhavebuthalftoldmystory；butIwillendeavourtomakeshortworkofit，thoughindeeditdeservestobenoticed，foritwillteachoneagreatdeal，andconvinceonehowlittletheworld’srichesaretobedependedon。