What is the significance of the song in "The Solitary Reaper"

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Q: What is the significance of the song in "The Solitary reaper"

Ans:
Oliver Bacon has risen from a very low level to the place of a great jeweller of not only England but the whole world.
The past of Oliver Bacon is not good as he has been selling stolen dogs. But Duchess belongs to elite class.
Bacon is still bachelor and loves the daughter of Duchess Diana. Oliver wants to buy honour by force of money whereas the Duchess wants to maintain the honour of her family by selling her family jewels and pearls even the fake as the real ones.
The duchess knows that Oliver likes her daughter Diana.
She invites Oliver to her house and tells him that Diana will be there and he will be able to go with her.
 In fact, she is there to sell him a fake peart as the real one and wants to divert his attention. She does not want him to judge the fake peart so she gets twenty thousand pounds from the jeweller.
This story tells us that at the end of 19th century the elite class was becoming weak economically and facing moral decadence. While the lower class was becoming rich and wants to get the honour like elite class of society.