There had been a minority of thirteen or fourteen years, and since that time the present owner had not spent his income.

But John Morton was not himself averse to money, and had always been careful to maintain good relations with his grandmother.

She had now been asked down to Bragton in order that she might approve, if possible, of the proposed wife.

It was not likely that she should approve absolutely of anything; but to have married without an appeal to her would have been to have sent the money flying into the hands of some of her poor paternal cousins.
Arabella Trefoil was the granddaughter of a duke, and a step had so far been made in the right direction.

But Mrs.Morton knew that Lord Augustus was nobody, that there would be no money, and that Lady Augustus had been the daughter of a banker, and that her fortune had been nearly squandered.
The Paragon was not in the least afraid of his American visitor, nor, as far as the comforts of his house were concerned, of his grandmother.