Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman

Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman by Edward Bulwer-Lytton - I am an only child. My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer. Mr. Pelham was a moderate whig, and gave sumptuous dinners; Lady Frances was a woman of taste, and particularly fond of diamonds and old china. Vulgar people know nothing of the necessaries required in g...