"Yes;—I will approve. When she has accepted you—"
"But I don't think she will."
"If she should, tell her that I will go to her at once. It will be much to have a new daughter;—very much that you should have a wife. Where would she like to live?"
"Oh, sir, we haven't got as far as that yet."
"I dare say not; I dare say not," said the Duke. "Gatherum is always thought to be dull."
"She wouldn't like Gatherum, I'm sure."
"Have you asked her?"
"No, sir. But nobody ever did like Gatherum."
"I suppose not. And yet, Silverbridge, what a sum of money it cost!"
"I believe it did."