Moreover, the remoteness of their friends favoured economy; they could easily decline invitations, and need not often issue them.

They had a valid excuse for avoiding public entertainments--an expense so often imposed by mere fashion.

The house was roomy, the garden delightful.

Clarence, good fellow, might be sincere in his wish for her to have companionship; at the same time, this advertisement had probably appealed to him in another way.
'A YOUNG LADY desires to find a home with respectable, well-connected family, in a suburb of London, or not more than 15 miles from Charing Cross.

Can give excellent references.