People don't get to choose their family, but if you have the family you would choose - that's happiness.
One of the problems of the vacation is money, father.___h, I shouldn__ worry about a thing like that at your age.___ou see, I__e run rather short.___es?_ said my father without any sound of interest.__n fact I don__ quite know how I__ going to get through the next two months.___ell, I__ the worst person to come to for advice. I__e never been __hort_ as you so painfully call it. And yet what else could you say? Hard up? Penurious? Distressed? Embarrassed? Stony-broke?_ (Snuffle.) __n the rocks? In Queer Street? Let us say you are in Queer Street and leave it at that. Your grandfather once said to me, __ive within your means, but if you do get into difficulties, come to me. Don__ go to the Jews.
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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One of the problems of the vacation is money, father.___h, I shouldn__ worry about a thing like that at your age.___ou see, I__e run rather short.___es?_ said my father without any sound of interest.__n fact I don__ quite know how I__ going to get through the next two months.___ell, I__ the worst person to come to for advice. I__e never been __hort_ as you so painfully call it. And yet what else could you say? Hard up? Penurious? Distressed? Embarrassed? Stony-broke?_ (Snuffle.) __n the rocks? In Queer Street? Let us say you are in Queer Street and leave it at that. Your grandfather once said to me, __ive within your means, but if you do get into difficulties, come to me. Don__ go to the Jews.
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