She married badly--a handsome, reckless ne'er-do-well, who led her a most wretched life.
"I know not, and care nothing for the story of her married life, her rights and wrongs.

How she becomes of interest to you lies in the fact that shortly after my marriage she called to see me and ask my aid.

She had been compelled to give up her home in the country and come to London, where, with her husband and child, she was living in poverty and misery.

While she was talking to me the duke came in.

I think her patient face interested him.