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His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but she

saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing

and that there was no other prospect of support. But Caroline

Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage

rose to support her in her adversity. She procured plain work;

she plaited straw and by various means contrived to earn a

pittance scarcely sufficient to support life.