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There's been no...investment.
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Papa would say you can't abandon people just because they grow old.
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I agree, but it would be cheaper to give him a free cottage,
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and work this land as it should be worked.
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I see. And you don't think Papa understands that?
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Maybe he harks back to a time when money was abundant.
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There wasn't much need to keep on top of it.
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I think he equates being business-like with being mean.
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Or worse, middle-class like me.
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The middle classes have their virtues, and husbandry is one.
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We ought to get back.
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Sir Philip thingy's due on the seven o'clock train.