How much property did the verger collect finally
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The verger treated his gowns with much care, pride and dignity. He wore his gown with complacence as it was Scanned with CamScanner Page 3 1. ... He never threw away his old worn out gowns. Rather, he wrapped them up in brown paper and put them in the bottom drawers of the wardrobe in his bedroom.
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Albert Edward Foreman was the verger (i.e. an official who acts as a caretaker and attendant in a church) of St. Peter's, Neville Square. That afternoon there had been christening at the church. Foreman was still wearing this verger's gown. He had on his second-best dress as he kept the new one for funerals and weddings. Foreman always wore this official gown with much complacence as it was the dignified symbol of his office. Without it he felt being somewhat insufficiently dressed. He loved his official gown so much that he stocked all the old gowns that he had used during his service as a verger. When they were worn out, he neatly wrapped them up in brown paper and kept them in the bottom drawers of the wardrobe in his bedroom.
When the christening was over the verger busied himself quietly with his works. He replaced the wooden cover on the marble font, took away a chair that had been brought for an infirm old lady. Then he waited for the vicar to finish off his work. This vicar was newly appointed. He was a red-faced energetic man in the early forties. Albert Edward still missed the former vicar, a clergyman of the old school who preached leisurely sermons in a silvery voice. He never complained about the things in the church. He liked things the way they were. But the new vicar was quite different from the former one. He wanted to have his finger in every pie. But Albert Edward was tolerant. The neighborhood of St. Peter's was very good. The parishioners (i.e. the people who attend the church) of the church were a very nice class of people. The new vicar had come from the East End and he could not be expected to get adjusted at once with the discreet ways of his fashionable congregation. Albert hoped that the new vicar would learn with time.
The vicar had a walk down the aisle and asked the verger to meet him in the vestry. The verger accompanied the vicar to the vestry. Edward was surprised to find the two churchwardens there. Being sight uneasy Albert Edward wondered what the matter was. The vicar told Albert Edward that he was quite surprised to discover that he (Albert) could neither read nor write. He further said that he had no complaint to make against Albert Edward. He had been doing his work quite satisfactory, and he had the highest opinion both of his character and of his capacity. But still, he could not have an illiterate verger at a church like St. Peter's Neville Square. The vicar asked Edward Albert whether he could learn now. He would give him three months' time to learn to read and write, and if he fails to do so within this time he would have to leave his job. Edward Albert told the vicar that at this age it was not possible for him to learn; he had lived a good many years doing his duty without knowing how to, read and write. So the verger told the vicar that he would be happy to hand in his resignation as soon as they find someone to take his place.
After that Edward came out walking along the street with a heavy heart. He felt like having a cigarette, though he was not a regular smoker. He looked about him for a shop where he could buy a packet of Gold Flakes. But he did not find a single shop selling cigarettes in that long street. He thought that if he opened a shop of cigarettes there he could really do well. So he discussed the matter with his wife and left the job of verger; and opened a cigarette shop in that street. His business did very well and in a course of ten years, he opened ten shops on different streets in London. Albert was making money hand over fist. Every Monday he deposited the week's earning in the bank. One day the manager of the bank advised Foreman to invest the money which was a little over thirty thousand pounds. He even assured that the bank would help Foreman to choose the securities, only he would have to sign the transfer. But when Foreman asked the manager as to how would he know what he was signing, the manager replied that of course, he could read the papers. Foreman disclosed that he was an illiterate man, neither he could write nor read. Hearing this, the manager was taken aback. He was shocked to know that a man who could a mass fortune of thirty thousand pounds was an illiterate man.
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