Well, Jansenius, being high in the court of Mammon, is looking out for a good post in the household for his son.

Jansenius, by-the-bye is Miss Wylie's guardian and the father of my late wife." Agatha felt inclined to deny this; but, as it was true, she had to forbear.

Resolved to show that the relations between her family and Trefusis were not cordial ones, she asked deliberately, "Did Mr.
Jansenius speak to you ?" Gertrude looked up, as if she thought this scarcely ladylike.
"Yes," said Trefusis.

"We are the best friends in the world--as good as possible, at any rate.

He wanted me to subscribe to a fund for relieving the poor at the east end of London by assisting them to emigrate." "I presume you subscribed liberally," said Erskine.