Another pair were Mr and Mrs Gorbutt.

In this case there were no narrow circumstances to contend with, for the wife, originally a nursemaid, not long after her marriage inherited house property from a relative.

Mr Gorbutt deemed himself a poet; since his accession to an income he had published, at his own expense, a yearly volume of verses; the only result being to keep alive rancour in his wife, who was both parsimonious and vain.
Making no secret of it, Mrs Gorbutt rued the day on which she had wedded a man of letters, when by waiting so short a time she would have been enabled to aim at a prosperous tradesman, who kept his gig and had everything handsome about him.

Mrs Yule suspected, not without reason, that this lady had an inclination to strong liquors.

Thirdly came Mr and Mrs Christopherson, who were poor as church mice.