It was Lady Ongar's sudden departure that had made him feel that he ought to rush at once into marriage.

Now he had no consolation, except that of complaining to Mrs.Burton, and going frequently to the theatre.

To Mrs.Burton he did complain a great deal, pulling her worsteds and threads about the while, sitting in idleness while she was working, just as Theodore Burton had predicted that he would do.
"I won't have you so idle, Harry," Mrs.Burton said to him one day.

"You know you ought to be at your office now." It must be admitted, on behalf of Harry Clavering, that they who liked him, especially women, were able to become intimate with him very easily.

He had comfortable, homely ways about him, and did not habitually give himself airs.