There would be an expense, but he would think nothing of expense in such a matter.

Ten thousand pounds spent on such an object would not vex him.

The very contest would have given him new life.

All this Lord Silverbridge understood, but had said to himself and to all his friends that it was a matter in which he did not intend to be controlled.
The Duke had passed a very unhappy night.

He had told himself that any such marriage as that spoken of was out of the question.