Adela's simpler mind fixed itself upon the plain sense of the will; that meant restitution to the uttermost farthing.

For more than two years Hubert Eldon had been kept out of his possessions; others had been using them, and lavishly.

Would it be possible for her husband to restore?
He must have expended great sums, and of his own he had not a penny.
Thought for herself came last.

Mutimer must abandon Wanley, and whither he went, thither must she go also.

Their income would be a hundred and seven pounds.