An incident like the present was the passion in the dice-box to Cumnock.

Morsfield was of the order of men who can be generous up to the pitch of their desires.
Consequently, the world accounted him open-handed and devoted when enamoured.

Few men liked him; he was a hero with some women.

The women he trampled on; the men he despised.

To the lady of his choice he sincerely offered his fortune and his life for the enjoyment of her favour.