Every visit which this leader of ton paid to her family was more unlucky for her. Her father paid more money into Stumpy and Rowdy's. Her patronage became more and more insufferable. The poor widow in the little cottage at Brompton, guarding her treasure there, little knew how eagerly some people coveted it.

But every visit which she paid to her family was more unlucky for her; her patronage annoyed her father.
Poor Amelia, guarding her treasure at Brompton, little knew how eagerly some people coveted it. 