What would they say if they knew?
He would be thrust out as an interloper.

Opposite to him was a Peer who was even then engaged in threading the meshes of the Bankruptcy Court, what did they care for that ?--not a whit! He was of their order though he was a beggar.

But as regards himself, he was fully conscious of the difference.

The measure of his wealth was the measure of his standing amongst them.

Without it he would be thrust forth--he could make no claim to association with them.