The romantic side of her sympathized with his history.

He was an orphan, and she had a mother's heart.

In the direct line he was a Duke, and she was a Scotchwoman.

He freely consented to settle every penny he had upon his wife, and, as his mother-in-law justly remarked, "Many a cannier man wouldn't just have done that." In fine, the young people were married with not more than the usual difficulties beforehand.
He was nineteen, and she was seventeen.

They were my great-grandfather and great-grandmother.
They had only one child--a son.