And she must be made to understand, first of all, that she had a right to at any rate a half of her father's fortune.
He had perceived that she had much influence with her father, and she must be taught to use this influence unscrupulously on her husband's behalf.
We have already seen that under the pressure of his thoughts he did break his first resolution within an hour or two of his marriage.

It is easy for a man to say that he will banish care, so that he may enjoy to the full the delights of the moment.

But this is a power which none but a savage possesses,--or perhaps an Irishman.

We have learned the lesson from the divines, the philosophers, and the poets.
Post equitem sedet atra cura.

Thus was Ferdinand Lopez mounted high on his horse,--for he had triumphed greatly in his marriage, and really felt that the world could give him no delight so great as to have her beside him, and her as his own.