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It was acknowledged, however, that he was a liberal man, and did

much good among the poor.

With respect to Wickham, the travellers soon found that he was

not held there in much estimation; for though the chief of his

concerns with the son of his patron were imperfectly understood,

it was yet a well-known fact that, on his quitting Derbyshire, he

had left many debts behind him, which Mr. Darcy afterwards

discharged.