He had a great deal of money, a kind heart and scarcely any brains.

He was an ideal choice, everybody was agreed upon that.

The fellow that Constance was really in love with at the time, Jimmy Gordon, was a friend of your father's.

Well, the gentle Arthur went to pieces financially a good many years ago.

He played hob with all the calculations, and so we find Constance, his wife, lamenting in the graveyard of her hopes and cursing Jimmy Gordon for his unfaithfulness in marrying before he was in a position to do so.