"How old are you now?"
"Twenty-four."
"You are living still with Mr. Dowsett, and you still regard him as your guardian?"
"I have a great affection for him; he has treated me most kindly."
"What do you pay him for your board and lodging?"
"He continues to receive the six hundred a year. It is all he has to depend on."
"Was this last arrangement of his own proposing, or yours?"
"Of mine. I cannot sufficiently repay him for his care of me."
"In your father's will what was to become of your fortune in the event of your death?"
"If I died before I came of age, my guardian was to have the six hundred a year, and the rest was to be given to various charities."