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I will write you a cheque for -- say fifty pounds . If that is not enough , you can have more . '' `` Lor ' bless you , Sir Oswald , it 's more than enough to set her up like a duchess , in a manner of speaking , '' answered the landlady ; and then , seeing Sir Oswald had no more to say to her , she curtseyed and withdrew . Sir Oswald Eversleigh 's carriage was at the door of the `` Star '' at noon ; and at ten minutes after twelve the baronet was on his way back to town . He visited a great many West-end boarding-schools before he found one that satisfied him in every particular . Had his _ protégée _ been his daughter , or his affianced wife , he could not have been more difficult to please . He wondered at his own fastidiousness .