The proceeds of lawyering also." "Not altogether.

My mother brought a fortune on her marriage, and it enabled my father to speculate successfully.

I have been looking out for an eligible property to invest my money upon, and East Lynne will suit me well, provided I can have the refusal of it, and we can agree about the terms." Lord Mount Severn mused for a few moments before he spoke.

"Mr.
Carlyle," he began, "my affairs are very bad, and ready money I must find somewhere.

Now East Lynne is not entailed, neither is it mortgaged to anything like its value, though the latter fact, as you may imagine, is not patent to the world.