The lady dressed in the height of the fashion, and drove the most beautiful horses, and yet she never wasted a shilling upon herself.

Her own little private whims and fancies she resolutely refused to gratify.

Every coin was spent where it would produce effect.

In like manner, the squire literally never had half a sovereign in his pocket.

He selected the wines in his cellar with the greatest care, and paid for them prices which the wine merchant, in these days of cheap wines, was unaccustomed to receive from men of thrice his income.