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While engaged in teaching his pupils next morning, Dick thought a great deal about his meeting with Miss Spine. She was a distant cousin of his father, possessed of a good income, and a thirst for admiration. Had he not met her thus by accident, as it were, Dick would never have thought of looking her up, and, indeed, was not sure that he would trouble to accept her invitation. But on second thoughts he decided that he would, since it had been given warmly and in good faith. Miss Spine greatly valued her connection with the Lawsons, slight as it was, and apparently disliked the idea of having a relative occupying the lowly position of a riding master. This was probably the case, as Dick decided when he returned to his lodgings to find a letter from the lady.
Miss Spine wrote very amiably, and--as Lawson confessed--kindly. She scolded her cousin for not having come to see her when he returned from Africa, instead of touring the country in a caravan. She insisted that he should get more respectable employment than that as the underling of Mr. Tarr, and enclosed a cheque for one hundred pounds.