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He learned afterward that the over-shrewd lawyer had misinterpreted his trip to New York , imagining that he had gone there to interest eastern capital in his lands . His mother and sister were two very cogent arguments in favour of selling . The Dona Delcasar , a simple and vain old lady , now regarded herself as a woman of wealth , and was always after him for money . Her ambition was to build a house in the Highlands and serve tea at four o'clock -LRB- although it was thick chocolate she liked -RRB- and break into society . His one discussion of the matter with her was a bitter experience . `` Holy Mary ! '' she exclaimed in her shrill Spanish , when he broached a plan of retrenchment , `` What a son I have !