Desperate Remedies

She's not bad at heart, but unbearable in close quarters. Those of us who don't have much to do with her personally, stay on for years and years.' 'Has Miss Aldclyffe's family always been rich?' said Cytherea.

'O no. The property, with the name, came from her mother's uncle.

Her family is a branch of the old Aldclyffe family on the maternal side. Her mother married a Bradleigh--a mere nobody at that time --and was on that account cut by her relations. But very singularly the other branch of the family died out one by one--three of them, and Miss Aldclyffe's great-uncle then left all his property, including this estate, to Captain Bradleigh and his wife--Miss Aldclyffe's father and mother--on condition that they took the old family name as well. There's all about it in the "Landed Gentry."

'Tis a thing very often done.' 'O, I see. Thank you. Well, now I am going. Good-night.'