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The nurse, an iiladdened the heart of a Prussian cavalry officer Willia at six o’clock As he refused to address the child in baby language, he ended up not speaking to hirip his father’s index finger, the one hich balance sheets were checked, and hold on to it tightly Richard would allow himself a shtly modified and the boy was allowed to cohbacked,his first - born weave his way on all fours in and out of the legs of the furniture reappearing when least expected, which led Richard to observe that the child would undoubtedly become a senator

Willia on to the tails of his father’s topcoat His first as ’Dada’, which pleased everyone, including Grandular visitors They did not actually push the vehicle in which Willian to walk a pace behind the nurse in the park on Thursday afternoons, glaring at infants with a less disciplined retinue While other children fed the ducks in the public gardens, Williaoon of Mr

Jack Gardner’s extravagant Venetian Palace

When two years had passed, the grandh ti for Willianant and was distressed to find herself feeling and looking progressively off colour as she entered her fourth rowing stomach and hopeful mother, and when Anne ether surprised, but did not allow her to indulge her grief In his notes he wrote ’pre - eclampsia?’ and then told her, ’Anne,so wrU is that your blood pressure was too high, and would probably have becoressed I fear doctors haven’t found the answer to blood pressure yet~ in fact we know very little other than ies a dangerous condition for anyone, particularly for a pregnant wo the implications of a future without more children

’Surely it won’t happen inher question to dispose the doctor to a favourable answer

’I should be very surprised if it did not, my dear I aly advise you against becoain’

’But I don’toff - colour for a fewoff - colour~ Anne I a any unnecessary risks with your lifeP It was a terrible blow for Richard and Anne, who theely as a result of their respective fathers’ premature deaths They had both assumed that they would produce a fa size of their house and their responsibilities to the next generation ’What else is there for a young woman to do?’ enquired Grandmother Cabot of Grandain, and William became the centre of everyone’s attention

Richard, who had takerx over as the president of Kane and Cabot Bank and Trust Company when his father had died in 1904, had always immersed himself in the work of the bank The bank, which stood on State Street, a bastion of architectural and fiscal solidity, had offices in New York, London and San Francisco The last had presented a proble with Crocker National Bank, Wells Fargo, and the Califoround, not financially, but literally, in the great earthquake of 1906 Richard, by nature a cautious man, was comprehensively insured with Lloyd’s of London Gentle Richard to rebuild Nevertheless, Richard spent an unco across America on the four - day train journey between Boston and San Francisco, supervising the rebuilding

He opened the new office in Union Square in October 1907, barely in ti on the Eastern seaboard There was a minor run on the New York banks, and many of the se withdrawals and started going to the wall J P Morgan, the legendary chair his na the crisis Richard agreed, the courageous stand worked, and the problean to dissipate~ but not before Richard had had a few sleepless nights, William, on the other hand, slept soundly, unaware of earthquakes and collapsing banks After afl, there were swans that must be fed and endless trips to and frouished relatives