“Oh, yes, very beautiful at one time, and was thought a good deal of in the fashionable world.”
“Has been kept by one or more, I suppose?”
Mr. Wrench nodded.
“Bourne married her for money, I should imagine.”
“For nothing else, money and patronage.”
“Ah, just so. That I should imagine. Don’t hit it very well together, eh?”
“Do people ever hit it who contract marriages of that description?”
“Perhaps not. Still there are exceptions.”
“Very few.”
“He’s a bad lot.”