Reuben protested against the generosity of the old settler, but the latter declared he would have no nonsense on the subject.
"I am one of the richest men in the colony," he said, "and it's hard if I can't spend my money as I choose." There is little more to tell.

Reuben became one of the leading citizens of Sydney and, twenty years afterwards, sold his business and returned to England, and bought an estate not far from Lewes, where he is still living with his wife and family.

He was accompanied from Australia by his mother; who, in spite of her strong objections to the sea, went out to live with him, two years after his marriage.
The only point upon which Reuben Whitney and his wife have never been able to come to an absolute agreement is as to which owes most to the other..