I believe that this shows that Daisy is sneaky and manipulative and so she is try to possibly start something between the person narriating and Jordan.
By the nineteenth century, some of the ancient English families had lost their power, wealth, and influence.
In the passage Tess and Angel are looking at an old house once owned by the d'Urbervilles. Angel says, "There is something very sad in the extinction of a family of renown, even if it was fierce, domineering, feudal renown." This shows that some of the families that were once powerful in England have lost their power, wealth, and influence.
An analogy describes the relationship between words. In part/whole analogies, the first term is part of the second term, and the third term is part of the fourth. As an example, sand is to beach as water is to ocean.
