Status Updates From The Adventures of Philip

Very happy to have the Pendennises back as narrators, but what was really surprising in the way of continuity (I never read anybody mentioning it, perhaps because Philip is so little read) is that this is the de facto continuation of Thackeray's unfinished "A Shabby Genteel Story"

In a word, until they gave him a peerage, he saw very little hope for the cabinet or the country.

The Duke of Double-Glo'ster I know is much richer than you are; but if he were to offer to make you a present of half-a-crown, I doubt whether you would be quite pleased.