Consequently his good luck was partly a result of Hester's existence in his life.

At the same time there awakened in him a consciousness that Hester would not have been likely to produce such results unless in combination with another element in the situation,--the element of another woman who was sympathetic and had some power,--the new Lady Walderhurst, in fact.
"And yet, confound her--confound her!" he thought, as he walked into the loose box to look the mare over and pat her sleekness.
The relations which established themselves between Palstrey and The Kennel Farm were marked by two characteristic features.

One of these was that Lord Walderhurst did not develop any warmer interest in the Osborns, and that Lady Walderhurst did.

Having acceded to Emily's wishes, and really behaved generously in the matter of providing for his heir presumptive and his wife, Lord Walderhurst felt impelled to no further demonstration of feeling.
"I don't like him any better than I did," he remarked to Emily.

"And I cannot say that Mrs.Osborn attracts me.