The quarrel
between myself and James was due almost entirely to James'
inability to let me and my opinions alone.
I am far from being a rich man, in fact I may say at once that I am
scarcely even "comfortably off" as the phrase goes. It would
therefore be outside my capacity to undertake the expense of any
elaborate education for your son; but my own school, which while it
does not pretend to compete with some of the fashionable
establishments of the time is I venture to assert a first class
school and well able to send your son into the world at the age of
sixteen as well equipped, and better equipped than he would be if
he went to one of the famous public schools. I possess some
influence with a firm of solicitors, and I have no doubt that when
my nephew, who is I believe now twelve years old, has had the
necessary schooling I shall be able to secure him a position as an
articled clerk, from which if he is honest and industrious he may
be able to rise to the position of a junior partner. If you have
saved anything from the sale of your father's effects I should
advise you to invest the sum. However small it is, you will find
the extra money useful, for as I remarked before I shall not be
able to afford to do more than lodge and feed you both, educate
your son, find him in clothes, and start him in a career on the
lines I have already indicated.
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