Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it.
Haar moeder bezat niets, en haar vader kon slechts zevenduizend pond zijn eigendom noemen; want de andere helft van het fortuin zijner eerste vrouw was eveneens op haar kind vastgezet, en hij had er slechts het vruchtgebruik van.