Why he has chosen to drop his title I cannot know.

He has every right to be called by his family name, only, if he so pleases.

And, Sir Lemuel, we must regard his pleasure in this matter.

Not even to my wife have I betrayed him," said the Premier, as they passed into the drawing-room.
"Umph, umph, umph," grunted the banker, who, surfeited with wealth though he was, could think of but one cause to every evil in the world, and that the want of money, and of but one remedy for that evil, and that was--plenty of money.

"Umph, umph, umph! It is his poverty has made him drop the title that he cannot support.