Unembarrassed by expensive tastes, he had some thousands of pounds put by--for the simple reason that he was at a loss what else to do with them.

Thus far, her brother's generosity had spared Mrs.Gallilee the hard necessity of making a confession to her son.

As things were now, she must submit to tell the humiliating truth; and Ovid (with no wife to check _his_ liberal instincts) would do what Ovid's uncle (with no wife living to check his liberal instincts) had done already.
There was the prospect, if her son remained a bachelor.

But her son had resolved to marry Carmina.

What would be the result if she was weak enough to allow it?
There would be, not one result, but three results.