Of course he could live on it,--and as during the winter months of the year a home was found for him free of cost, he could keep hunters, and live as rich men live. But he was a poor, embarrassed man, without prospects,--until this fine ducal prospect became opened to him by the want of that cradle at Matching Priory.

Of course he could live on six hundred a year; but he was a poor man, without prospects - until this fine ducal prospect became opened to him by the lack of an occupied cradle at Matching Priory.
