:16:36
I will pay you today, sir.
:16:39
Thus, it will be seen, their life...
:16:41
...for all its splendour,
was not without danger and difficulty...
:16:46
...requiring talent and determination
for success.
:16:50
And required them to live
a wandering and disconnected life.
:16:55
And, though they were swimming
upon the high tide of fortune...
:17:00
...and prospering with the cards,
they had little to show for their labour...
:17:04
...but some fine clothes
and a few trinkets.
:17:19
Five years in the Army,
and considerable experience of the world...
:17:24
...had dispelled any romantic notions
regarding love...
:17:29
...with which Barry commenced life.
:17:32
And he had it in mind,
as many gentlemen had done before him...
:17:36
...to marry a woman
of fortune and condition.
:17:41
And, as such things so often happen...
:17:43
...these thoughts coincided
with his setting sight upon a lady...
:17:48
...who will play a considerable part
in the drama of his life.
:17:53
The Countess of Lyndon...
:17:56
...Viscountess Bullingdon of England...
:17:58
...Baroness Castle Lyndon oflreland.