ETHEL
[enthusiastically]
Ah, yes! Crusader's blood flows in his veins. It is to the nobility that must be within him that I have plighted my troth. I am ready to marry him when they wish.
HORACE
Then as soon as the settlement is arranged. It'll take about all your share of the estate, sis, but it's worth it—a hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
ETHEL
[earnestly]
What better use could be made of a fortune than to maintain the state and high condition of so ancient a house?
HORACE
Doesn't it seem impossible that we were born in Indiana!