“Mind, I don’t advise you to do just that, for I’m not sure you’re up to it. But if you could do it, ’t would be grand in you! People talk of good and bad fortunes; but fortunes are good or bad according to the use we make of ’em. This disgrace you are suffering now you may turn into one of the blessings of your life; or it may make a thief or a vagabond of you. Understand?”