He had tenderness, steady and warm attachments, but no passion.
Nearly two years elapsed after his father's death, before he was able to secure from the wreck of his estate a sufficient competence to establish himself in London.

His house was No.

7, Bentinck Street, near Manchester Square, then a remote suburb close to the country fields.

His housekeeping was that of a solitary bachelor, who could afford an occasional dinner-party.

Though not absolutely straitened in means, we shall presently see that he was never quite at his ease in money matters while he remained in London.