It might be doubted whether the duke himself could purchase the Chace of Chaldicotes with ready money; but that he, Gresham, could do so--he and his wife between them--no man did doubt.

And then Mr.Gresham thought of a former day when he had once been at Gatherum Castle.

He had been poor enough then, and the duke had not treated him in the most courteous manner in the world.
How hard it is for a rich man not to lean upon his riches! harder, indeed, than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
All Barsetshire knew--at any rate all West Barsetshire--that Miss Dunstable had been brought down in those parts in order that Mr.
Sowerby might marry her.

It was not surmised that Miss Dunstable herself had had any previous notice of this arrangement, but it was supposed that the thing would turn out as a matter of course.

Mr.
Sowerby had no money, but then he was witty, clever, good-looking, and a member of Parliament.