There was no doubt of that.

It was possible for him to alter the whole manner of his life, to give up his clubs,--to give up even Parliament, if the need to do so was there,--and to live as a married man on the earnings of his profession.

There was no need why he should regard himself as a poor man.

Two things, no doubt, were against his regarding himself as a rich man.

Ever since he had commenced life in London he had been more or less in debt; and then, unfortunately, he had acquired a seat in Parliament at a period of his career in which the dangers of such a position were greater than the advantages.