Mr. Harding resigned as Warden. Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope united in warring against the high-church party that sought his reinstatement. Mr. Slope, without Mrs. Proudie's knowledge, had rashly offered the wardenship to Mr. Quiverful, but, upon learning that Mr. Harding's widowed daughter Eleanor Bold had an income of £1,200, with an eye to the widow's favor he swung to the support of her father.