Instead, horse-raising, horse-racing, philandering, dancing, hunting, and the like, had taken up his time.

When their wedding took place the Kentucky-Virginia society world considered it a great match.

There was wealth on both sides.

Then came much more of that idle social whirl which had produced the marriage.

Even philanderings of a very vital character were not barred, though deception, in some degree at least, would be necessary.