Mr.Vere felt no sympathy with his wife's scientific pursuits.
On her husband's death, did she find no consolation in her son?
Let her speak for herself.

"My son fills my heart.

But the school, the university, and the hospital have all in turn taken his education out of my hands.

My mind must be filled, as well as my heart." She seized her exquisite instruments, and returned to the nervous system of the bee.
In course of time, Mr.John Gallilee--"drifting about," as he said of himself--drifted across the path of science.
The widowed Mrs.Vere (as exhibited in public) was still a fine woman.
Mr.Gallilee admired "that style"; and Mr.Gallilee had fifty thousand pounds.

Only a little more, to my lord and my lady, than one year's income.