More than one eye was lifted, and many a pleasant greeting passed between these selected few who filled the street and a young man who lounged by one of the overlooking windows; and many a comment was uttered upon him when the greeting was made:—
"A most eligible parti!"
"Handsome as a god!"
"O, immensely rich, I assure you!"
"Isn't he a beauty!"
"Pity he wasn't born poor!"
"Why?"
"O, because they say he carried off all the honors at college and law-school, and is altogether overstocked with brains for a man who has no need to use them."
"Will he practise?"
"Doubtful. Why should he?"