The house they lived in, the furniture it contained, the style and equipage assumed by the family, were all of her choice, Mr.Dinneford giving merely a half-constrained or half-indifferent consent.

He had learned, by painful and sometimes humiliating experience, that any contest with Mrs.Helen Dinneford upon which he might enter was sure to end in his defeat.
He was a man of fine moral and intellectual qualities.

His wealth gave him leisure, and his tastes, feelings and habits of thought drew him into the society of some of the best men in the city where he lived--best in the true meaning of that word.

In all enlightened social reform movements you would be sure of finding Mr.Howard Dinneford.

He was an active and efficient member in many boards of public charity, and highly esteemed in them all for his enlightened philanthropy and sound judgment.