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"When a man loves tenderly as I do, solicitude and anxiety are natural. " / _All in the Wrong._
You will kindly imagine, on commencing this chapter, that I have been / three weeks at the bank. My progress during this time was not very / remarkable; but I was beginning to understand a good deal that had / threatened to remain for ever unintelligible to me. I could now add up / a pretty long row of figures, without being thrown by the effort into / great mental distress and confusion; I began to understand why Mr. / Jones was allowed to overdraw his account, when Mr. Robinson's cheques / were dismissed with two terrible letters, or a mild "please refer to / drawer. " I knew the object of pass-books, and the difference between / current and deposit accounts. I could also comprehend the purport and / import of bills, promissory notes, and such-like documents; and why / Mr. Brown, the rich grazier, who didn't particularly want money, was / charged one per cent. above the Bank rate if he borrowed, and why Mr. / Smith, who very particularly wanted money, was charged four, and even / five per cent. above the Bank rate if _he_ borrowed.