Carfax.
Ah! You knew him during his early married life,
didn't you?
Lord Burnley.
Yes, through all the sad and hidden years of it.
Carfax.
Rather a hard time, wasn't it?
Lord Burnley.
Very. When Temple came up from the University
he was poor—very poor.
Carfax.
Hardly had enough to pay his fees for the Bar—
isn't that so?
Lord Burnley.
[Nodding.] Then by some chance he came to know
the family of that rich old dunderhead. Lord Nugent.
You remember him, Hallam?
Hallam.
Perfectly. A hard old nut if ever there was one.
Lord Burnley.
The old man had two daughters, and Temple fell
in love with the younger of them [Indicating portrait]—Margaret. When he asked for her, Nugent almost
spat in his face. "The briefless beggar," "the
parvenu," and so forth.
Carfax.
Just so.
