It mattered little that he made poor investment of the money she had sequestered from his lordship; he had kept her in the foreground by associating himself with every big venture that interested the financial smart set.
Notwithstanding the fact that he never was known to have any money, he was looked upon as a financier of the highest order.

Which is saying a great deal in these unfeeling days of pounds and shillings.
Of course Mrs.Odell-Carney was dressed as all rangy, long-limbed Englishwomen are prone to dress,--after a model peculiarly not her own.
She looked ridiculously ungraceful alongside the smart, chic American women, and yet not one of them but would have given her boots to be able to array herself as one of these.

There was no denying the fact that Mrs.Odell-Carney was a "regular tip-topper," as Mr.Rodney was only too eager to say.

She had the air of a born leader; that is to say, she could be gracious when occasion demanded, without being patronising.
In due course of time the Medcrofts and Miss Fowler were presented to the distinguished couple.

This function was necessarily delayed until Odell-Carney had time to go into the details of a particularly annoying episode of the afternoon.