He just walked out and left her high and dry with two kids and a mortgage.

This dog was bred by a “mud student” in the Coldstream or Cornhill district, and had for his sire a dog Dandie, bred by Mr. Frain of Trows.

The diphthong ae is sounded like ē (§7); that is, it has the sound of ey in they.

This gets into the Alpha-fucks-beta-bucks concept discussed in the previous chapter. As soon as you get to know a girl, she has designated you either as a nice guy who can provide emotional and (possibly) financial support, but isn't attractive to have sex with, or an Alpha whose clear purpose is only for sex but can't be trusted for anything else.