Our aristocrats begin to see that they can't get on without money nowadays; they can't live on family records, and they find that people won't toady to them in the old way just on account of their name.

Why, it began with Eldon's father--didn't he put his pride in his pocket, and try to make cash by speculation?
Now I can respect him: he at all events faced the facts of the case honestly.

The despicable thing in this Hubert Eldon is that, having got money once more, and in the dirtiest way, he puts on the top-sawyer just as if there was nothing to be ashamed of.

If he and his mother were living in a small way on their few hundreds a year, he might haw-haw as much as he liked, and I should only laugh at him; he'd be a fool, but an honest one.

But catch them doing that! Family pride's too insubstantial a thing, you see.