serjeant-at

Updated: May 28, 2025

Cramborne Wathin, with whom she was distantly connected; the wife of a potent serjeant-at- law fast mounting to the Bench and knighthood; the centre of a circle, and not strangely that, despite her deficiency in the arts and graces, for she had wealth and a cook, a husband proud of his wine-cellar, and the ambition to rule; all the rewards, together with the expectations, of the virtuous.

George Meredith - Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2