POOR LADY! Poor lady! The poor lady I mean is Madame Karpathy.

She had got a husband, and along with him enormous wealth and a monstrously grand name, both rather burdens than blessings as a rule.
The day does not dawn twice for the richest man, and all the treasures in the world cannot give their possessor peace, joy, love, contentment, and a good conscience.
And then that illustrious name; what was it after all?
The whole world knew who had inherited that name--an old gentleman with the reputation of a fool, who, to spite his nephew, had married a girl belonging to a family of ill-repute.

The old gentleman was either very magnanimous or very foolish.

The girl must necessarily be frivolous and forward.

Every one was ready to believe the worst of her beforehand.
Poor lady! Fanny naturally felt miserable and lonely.