Hilary Smith belonged to a good family, and his father never failed to let people know this fact. Old Mr. Smith was
a man whose ideas and behavior belonged to the traditions of nineteenth century gentlemen. Unfortunately,
Hilary himself had some trouble with the bank about a few cheques. It seemed a very unimportant matter to the
young man, but not to his father. Hilary was sent off to Australia immediately. Mr. Smith knew little about that
place, but he understood one thing. It was a convenient country for people who did not like the customs of old
England.
Hilary did not like Australia, and Australia did not like Hilary, so he took the earliest opportunity of returning to
England. He could not, of course, earn enough money to buy a ticket, so he had to wait until his father and his
brother died. Fortunately they did this at the same time. After that he received all the money which belonged to
the good old family.
There was not a large amount of money, and Hilary soon spent it. When all the money had been spent, Hilary
could do one of two things. He could die or work. The thought of neither of these have him any pleasure. Then he
remembered that he was not alone in the world. He had an aunt.
She was his father's only sister, and he knew little about her. His father’s old-fashioned ideas were responsible
for this unfortunate fact. When she was spoken about, he always looked displeased. "Your aunt Mary behaved
very badly. The family name suffered as a result," he said. It seemed that she had failed to marry a lord. Instead
she had chosen a husband who had a small business. Families like the Smiths were too good for that sort of thing,
of course. As soon as she became "Mrs. Prothero", she was dead to her brother. Later, her husband died and left
her a lot of money, but that did not bring her back to life in her brother's opinion.
Hilary discovered his aunt’s address by talking to the family lawyer. Fortunately, she had continued to use him
after the family turned its back on her. So Hilary’s sun shone again, and the old lady seemed to like him. He made
frequent visits to his aunt's house; and soon he was living comfortably in the building for which the shopkeeper's
money had paid.
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