Gresham is going to offer you your old
place at the Colonies. He says that Lord Fawn has been so
upset by this affair of Lady Eustace's husband, that he
is obliged to resign and go abroad. [This was the first
intimation that Phineas had heard of the nature of the
office to be offered to him.--] But Barrington goes on to
say that he thinks you won't accept Mr. Gresham's offer,
and he asks me to write to you. Can this possibly be true?
Barrington writes most kindly,--with true friendship,--and
is most anxious for you to join. But he thinks that you
are angry with Mr. Gresham because he passed you over
before, and that you will not forgive him for having
yielded to Mr. Bonteen. I can hardly believe this
possible. Surely you will not allow the shade of that
unfortunate man to blight your prospects? And, after all,
of what matter to you is the friendship or enmity of Mr.
Gresham? You have to assert yourself, to make your own
way, to use your own opportunities, and to fight your own
battle without reference to the feelings of individuals.
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