Of Mr.Carlyle's property, a small portion only was bequeathed to his daughter, the rest to his son; and in this, perhaps there was justice, since the 20,000 pounds brought to Mr.Carlyle by his second wife had been chiefly instrumental in the accumulation of his large fortune.
Miss Carlyle, or, as she was called in town, Miss Corny, had never married; it was pretty certain she never would; people thought that her intense love of her young brother kept her single, for it was not likely that the daughter of the rich Mr.Carlyle had wanted for offers.

Other maidens confess to soft and tender impressions.

Not so Miss Carlyle.

All who had approached her with the lovelorn tale, she sent quickly to the right-about.
Mr.Carlyle was seated in his own private room in his office the morning after his return from town.

His confidential clerk and manager stood near him.