prosperous.

Pride in his name: a sturdy grasp of life: an unbending attitude
toward those beneath him, and an abiding reverence for law and order
and fealty to the throne--these were the foundations on which the
father built Nathaniel's character.

Next in point of regard came the elder daughter Monica. Patrician of
feature, haughty in manner, exclusive by nature she had the true
Kingsnorth air. She had no disturbing "ideas": no yearning for
things not of her station. She was contented with the world as it
had been made for her and seemed duly proud and grateful to have
been born a Kingsnorth.

She was an excellent musician: rode fairly to hounds: bestowed
prizes at the local charities with grace and distinction--as became
a Kingsnorth--and looked coldly out at the world from behind the
impenetrable barriers of an old name.

When she married Frederick Chichester, the rising barrister,
connected with six county families, it was a proud day for old
Kingsnorth.

His family had originally made their money in trade. The Chichesters
had accumulated a fortune by professions. The distinction in England
is marked.

One hesitates to acknowledge the salutation of the man who provides
one with the necessities of life: a hearty handshake is occasionally
extended to those who minister to one's luxuries.