That will bring Money.'-'No people spend more freely, I believe, than W. Indians,' observed Mr. Parker. 'Aye-so I have heard-and because they have full Purses, fancy themselves equal, may be, to your old Country Families. But then, they who scatter their Money so freely, never think of whether they may not be doing mischief by raising the price of Things-And I have heard that's very much the case with your West-injines-and if they come among us to raise the price of our necessaries of Life, we shall not much thank them Mr. Parker.'-'My dear Madam, They can only raise the price of consumeable Articles, by such an extraordinary Demand for them and such a diffusion of Money among us, as must do us more Good than harm.-Our Butchers and Bakers and Traders in general cannot get rich without bringing Prosperity to us.-If they do not gain, our rents must be insecure-and in proportion to their profit must be ours eventually in the increased value of our Houses.' 'Oh！-well.-But I should not like to have Butcher's meat raised, though-and I shall keep it down as long as I can.-Aye- that young Lady smiles I see；-I dare say she thinks me an odd sort of a Creature,-but she will come to care about such matters herself in time. Yes, Yes, my Dear, depend upon it, you will be thinking of the price of Butcher's meat in time-though you may not happen to have quite such a Servants Hall full to feed, as I have.-And I do believe those are best off, that have fewest Servants.-I am not a Woman of Parade, as all the World knows, and if it was not for what I owe to poor Mr. Hollis's memory, I should never keep up Sanditon House is I do；-it is not for my own pleasure.-Well Mr. Parker-and the other is a Boarding school, a French Boarding School, is it？-No harm in that.- They'll stay their six weeks.
And out of such a number, who knows but some may be consumptive and want Asses milk-and I have two Milch asses at this present time.-But perhaps the little Misses may hurt the Furniture.-I hope they will have a good sharp Governess to look after them.' Poor Mr. Parker got no more credit from Lady D. than he had from his Sisters, for the Object which had taken him to Willingden. 'Lord！ my dear Sir,' she cried, 'how could you think of such a thing？ I am very sorry you met with your accident, but upon my word you deserved it.-Going after a Doctor！-Why, what should we do with a Doctor here？ It would be only encouraging our Servants and the Poor to fancy themselves ill, if there was a Doctor at hand.-Oh！ pray, let us have none of the Tribe at Sanditon.
We go on very well as we are. There is the Sea and the Downs and my Milch-Asses-and I have told Mrs. Whitby that if any body enquires for a Chamber-Horse, they may be supplied at a fair rate-（poor Mr. Hollis's Chamber-Horse, as good as new）-and what can People want for more？-Here have I lived seventy good years in the world and never took Physic above twice-and never saw the face of a Doctor in all my Life, on my own account.-And I verily believe if my poor dear Sir Harry had never seen one neither, he would have been alive now.-Ten fees, one after another, did the Man take who sent him out of the World.-I beseech you Mr. Parker, no Doctors here.'-The Tea things were brought in.-'Oh！ my dear Mrs. Parker-you should not indeed-why would you do so？ I was just upon the point of wishing you good Evening. But since you are so very neighbourly, I believe Miss Clara and I must stay.'
