There was terrible work in the family when the Honourable Caroline insisted on marrying plain Mr.Ablewhite, the banker at Frizinghall.

He was very rich and very respectable, and he begot a prodigious large family--all in his favour, so far.

But he had presumed to raise himself from a low station in the world--and that was against him.

However, Time and the progress of modern enlightenment put things right; and the misalliance passed muster very well.

We are all getting liberal now; and (provided you can scratch me, if I scratch you) what do I care, in or out of Parliament, whether you are a Dustman or a Duke?
That's the modern way of looking at it--and I keep up with the modern way.