"I know nothing about it. From none of them, I should think. There is some story about a Sir Guy who was a king's friend. I never trouble myself about it. I hate aristocracy."
"Do you, dear?"
"Yes," said Mary, full of her own grievances. "It is an abominable bondage, and I do not see that it does any good at all."
"I think it is so glorious," said the American. "There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought to want is liberty."
"It is terrible to be tied up in a small circle," said the Duke's daughter.
"What do you mean, Lady Mary?"
"I thought you were to call me Mary. What I mean is this. Suppose that Silverbridge loves you better than all the world."
"I hope he does. I think he does."
"And suppose he cannot marry you, because of his—aristocracy?"
"But he can."