He had always lived alone in London, and did so at present; but just now his sister was much with him, as she was staying up in town with an aunt, another Vavasor by birth, with whom the reader will, if he persevere, become acquainted in course of time. 
He had always lived alone in London; but just now his sister Kate was much with him, as she was staying up in town with an aunt - another Vavasor by birth,