His little threatened mischance,--a passing fancy for a married lady who was too wise to receive vows which were proffered not in the most ardent manner,--had, from special reasons, given some little alarm to his uncle, which had just sufficed at the time to make so very judicious a marriage doubly pleasant to that noble duke, So that all things and all people had conspired to shower substantial comforts on the heads of this couple, when they were joined together, and men and women had not yet ceased to declare how happy were both in the accumulated gifts of fortune.

Mr. Palliser's little threatened mischance - a passing fancy for a married lady who was too wise to receive his vows - had given some alarm to his uncle, enough to make so very judicious a marriage doubly pleasant to that noble duke.
