I suppose that is what he married her for.

She's a much better sort than he is, any way, though I don't quite make her out either--one can't go very far with her.

But she is the daughter of a peer and worth cultivating, but not when Bingham is at home--not if I know it." "What have you said to Mr.Dunstan to make him go away so soon, Geoffrey ?" asked his wife.
"Said to him?
oh, I don't know.

He offered to give me a pair of guns, and I told him that I did not accept presents from my acquaintances.
Really, Honoria, I don't want to interfere with your way of life, but I do not understand how you can associate with such people as this Mr.
Dunstan." "Associate with him!" answered Lady Honoria.

"Do you suppose I want to associate with him?
Do you suppose that I don't know what the man is?
But beggars cannot be choosers; he may be a cad, but he has thirty thousand a year, and we simply cannot afford to throw away an acquaintance with thirty thousand a year.