Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it.
Su madre no tenía nada, y el padre sólo podía disponer de siete mil libras, porque de la restante mitad de la fortuna de su primera esposa también era beneficiario el hijo, y él sólo tenía derecho al usufructo de ese patrimonio mientras viviera.