I've been
searching, half the night, for one Major Molineux; now, sir, is
there really such a person in these parts, or am I dreaming?"
"Major Molineux! The name is not altogether strange to me," said
the gentleman, smiling. "Have you any objection to telling me the
nature of your business with him?"
Then Robin briefly related that his father was a clergyman, settled
on a small salary, at a long distance back in the country, and that he
and Major Molineux were brothers' children. The major, having
inherited riches, and acquired civil and military rank, had visited
his cousin, in great pomp, a year or two before; had manifested much
interest in Robin and an elder brother, and, being childless
himself, had thrown out hints respecting the future establishment of
one of them in life. The elder brother was destined to succeed to
the farm which his father cultivated in the interval of sacred duties;
it was therefore determined that Robin should profit by his
kinsman's generous intentions, especially as he seemed to be rather
the favorite, and was thought to possess other necessary endowments.
"For I have the name of being a shrewd youth," observed Robin, in
this part of his story.
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