Isaac did not call for elaborate notice.

He could not be accused of any actual crime, but if he was a man of strong personality, he was singularly unfortunate in having failed to impart to his wife any of that integrity which he may have practiced through life.

Her methods of dealing with him after they had lived together for a good many years were criminal, considering the largeness of the issue at stake as the result of his blessing.

As for Jacob, not a single praiseworthy act of his long life was available to his biographer.

His career was that of the most sordid of hucksters.