The club of course knew that Lord Nidderdale was the accepted suitor of the rich man's daughter,--accepted, that is, by the rich man himself,--and the club knew also that the rich man's daughter had tried,--but had failed,--to run away with Sir Felix Carbury. 
The club of course knew that Melmotte's daughter had tried to run away with Sir Felix Carbury; and Lord Nidderdale's