“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.”