After the marriage the firm had found the situation confusing and un-English.

There had been trouble with Sir Nigel, who had plainly been disappointed.

At first it had appeared that the American magnate had shown astuteness in refraining from leaving his son-in-law a free hand.

Lady Anstruthers' fortune was her own and not her husband's.

Mr.
Townlinson, paying a visit to Stornham and finding the bride a gentle, childish-looking girl, whose most marked expression was one of growing timorousness, had returned with a grave face.