He was seriously concerned that a cause of so little advantage to anyone should be forwarded at the sole expense of his brother-in-law,and he was determined,if possible,to find out the extent of his assistance,and to discharge the obligation as soon as he could.

“Haye Park might do,”said she,“if the Gouldings could quit it―or the great house at Stoke,if the drawing-room were larger;but Ashworth is too far off!I could not bear to have her ten miles from me;and as for Pulvis Lodge,the attics are dreadful.”