He should be the leader of the town, as she felt his beauty and his smartness entitled him to be.

It was with this aim that she induced her husband to build the fine new house on the avenue.

She knew the value of a large and handsome mansion in a fashionable quarter.

Aaron Wickersham knew little of fashion; but he knew the power of money, and he had absolute confidence in his wife's ability.

He would furnish the means and leave the rest to her.