Arthur will have to face the world and fight for himself presently.

Meanwhile we shall have procured for him good friends, gentlemanly habits, and have him well backed and well trained against the time when the real struggle comes.

And these liberal opinions the Major probably advanced both because they were just, and because he was not dealing with his own money.
Thus young Pen, the only son of an estated country gentleman, with a good allowance, and a gentlemanlike bearing and person, looked to be a lad of much more consequence than he was really; and was held by the Oxbridge authorities, tradesmen, and undergraduates, as quite a young buck and member of the aristocracy.

His manner was frank, brave, and perhaps a little impertinent, as becomes a high-spirited youth.

He was perfectly generous and free-handed with his money, which seemed pretty plentiful.