Arabella had long been a thorn in their side, never having really done anything which they could pronounce to be absolutely wrong, but always giving them cause for fear.

Now they feared no longer.

Her husband was a retired merchant, very rich, not very strong in health, and devoted to his bride.

Rumours soon made their way to Vavasor Hall, and to Queen Anne Street, that Mrs Greenow was quite a pattern wife, and that Mr Greenow considered himself to be the happiest old man in Lancashire.

And now in her prosperity she quite forgave the former slights which had been put upon her by her relatives.