1:27:47
I will pay you today, sir.
1:27:51
Thus, it will be seen, their life...
1:27:53
...for all its splendour,
was not without danger and difficulty...
1:27:58
...requiring talent and determination
for success.
1:28:02
And required them to live
a wandering and disconnected life.
1:28:07
And, though they were swimming
upon the high tide of fortune...
1:28:11
...and prospering with the cards,
they had little to show for their labour...
1:28:16
...but some fine clothes
and a few trinkets.
1:28:30
Five years in the Army,
and considerable experience of the world...
1:28:36
...had dispelled any romantic notions
regarding love...
1:28:41
...with which Barry commenced life.
1:28:43
And he had it in mind,
as many gentlemen had done before him...
1:28:48
...to marry a woman
of fortune and condition.
1:28:52
And, as such things so often happen...
1:28:55
...these thoughts coincided
with his setting sight upon a lady...
1:28:59
...who will play a considerable part
in the drama of his life.