The tie of blood between herself and the Leslies of Rood Hall was, as we shall see presently, extremely distant.
It was not till after his marriage that Mr.Egerton took an active part in the business of the House of Commons.

He was then at the most advantageous starting-point for the career of ambition.

His words on the state of the country took importance from his stake in it.

His talents found accessories in the opulence of Grosvenor Square, the dignity of a princely establishment, the respectability of one firmly settled in life, the reputation of a fortune in reality very large, and which was magnified by popular report into the revenues of a Croesus.

Audley Egerton succeeded in parliament beyond the early expectations formed of him.