The wealth of her father he had not regarded, nor did now regard, for he was himself possessor of an independence.
Two days after, he was again at Saratoga.

The brief interview that had passed between him and Mary Jones was a sufficient introduction for him; and, taking advantage of it, he threw himself in her way frequently, and the more he saw of her, the more did he admire her winning gentleness, sweet temper, and good sense.

When he returned to New York, he was more than half in love with her.
"Mr.Armand has not been to see us once this fall," said Adeline, one evening in October.

They were sitting in a handsomely furnished parlor in a neat dwelling, comfortable and commodious, but not so splendid as the one they had occupied a few months previous.

Mr.
Ludlow's affairs had become so embarrassed, that he determined, in spite of the opposition of his family, to reduce his expenses.