Clarence Glyndon returns to England; he marries a lady of fortune equal to his own, of friends and parentage that advance rational ambition.

Clarence Glyndon, thus a wealthy and respectable man, of good talents, of bustling energies then concentrated, enters into practical life.

He has a house at which he can receive those whose acquaintance is both advantage and honour; he has leisure which he can devote to useful studies; his reputation, built on a solid base, grows in men's mouths.

He attaches himself to a party; he enters political life; and new connections serve to promote his objects.
At the age of five-and-forty, what, in all probability, may Clarence Glyndon be?
Since you are ambitious I leave that question for you to decide! Now turn to the other picture.

Clarence Glyndon returns to England with a wife who can bring him no money, unless he lets her out on the stage; so handsome, that every one asks who she is, and every one hears,--the celebrated singer, Pisani.