Van Diemen fancied Tinman was jealous of his wealth.
Tinman shrewdly suspected Van Diemen to be contemptuous of his dignity.
He suffered a loss in a loan of money; and instead of pitying him, Van Diemen had laughed him to scorn for expecting security for investments at ten per cent.

The bitterness of the pinch to Tinman made him frightfully sensitive to strictures on his discretion.

In his anguish he told his sister he was ruined, and she advised him to marry before the crash.

She was aware that he exaggerated, but she repeated her advice.
She went so far as to name the person.

This is known, because she was overheard by her housemaid, a gossip of Mrs.Crickledon's, the subsequently famous "Little Jane." Now, Annette had shyly intimated to her father the nature of Herbert Fellingham's letter, at the same time professing a perfect readiness to submit to his directions; and her father's perplexity was very great, for Annette had rather fervently dramatized the young man's words at the ball at Helmstone, which had pleasantly tickled him, and, besides, he liked the young man.