The Captain had his pay, which would go in one hand, and the lady had a little money of her own; but still it was cruel for brought-up people to have nothing better to go on with.

Not that the old lord was a miser neither; but it was said, and how far true I know not, that he never would forgive your father for marrying the daughter of a man he hated.

And some went so far as to say that if he could have done it, he would have cut your father out of all the old family estates.

But such a thing never could I believe of a nobleman having his own flesh and blood.
"But, money or no money, rich or poor, your father and mother, I assure you, my dear, were as happy as the day was long.

For they loved one another and their children dearly, and they did not care for any mixing with the world.