Her uncle was a rich man and when he died, which was about a year after her marriage with Mr.Packard and removal to C--, she found herself the recipient of an enormous legacy.

She was therefore a woman of independent means, an advantage which, added to personal attractions of a high order, and manners at once dignified and winning, caused her to be universally regarded as a woman greatly to be envied by all who appreciated a well-founded popularity.
So much for public opinion.

It differs materially from that just given me by her husband.
The mayor lived on Franklin Street in a quarter I had seldom visited.

As I entered this once aristocratic thoroughfare from Carlton Avenue, I was struck as I had been before by its heterogeneous appearance.

Houses of strictly modern type neighbored those of a former period, and it was not uncommon to see mansion and hovel confronting each other from the opposite side of the street.