He would show her that, as his wife, she might have had a worthier position than Lord Ongar could give her.

He, too, might probably rise the quicker in the world, as now he would have no impediment of wife or family.
Then, as he rode along, he composed a sonnet, fitting to his case, the strength and rhythm of which seemed to him, as he sat on horseback, to be almost perfect.

Unfortunately, when he was back at Clavering, and sat in his room with the pen in his hand, the turn of the words had escaped him.
He found Mr.Burton at home, and was not long in concluding his business.Messrs.Beilby & Burton were not only civil engineers, but were land surveyors also, and land valuers on a great scale.

They were employed much by Government upon public buildings, and if not architects themselves, were supposed to know all that architects should do and should not do.

In the purchase of great properties Mr.Burton's opinion was supposed to be, or to have been, as good as any in the kingdom, and therefore there was very much to be learned in the office at Stratton.
But Mr.Burton was not a rich man like his partner, Mr.Beilby, nor an ambitious man.