Why she should be, was a puzzle to many women, as being the wife of a superlatively rich man, she had all the joys that money could bring her.

Still it was hinted on good authority--but no one ever heard the name of the authority--that Garvington being poor had forced her into marrying Sir Hubert, for whom she did not care in the least.
People said that her cousin Noel Lambert was the husband of her choice, but that she had sacrificed herself, or rather had been compelled to do so, in order that Garvington might be set on his legs.

But Lady Agnes never gave any one the satisfaction of knowing the exact truth.

She moved through the social world like a gentle ghost, fulfilling her duties admirably, but apparently indifferent to every one and everything.

"Clippin' to look at," said the young men, "but tombs to talk to.