"O, Selina! how could you have heard such nonsense?"
"What, is it to be denied? It is not settled, then?"
"No, nor ever will be."
"Why, surely the man has been spending months at Oakworthy."
"Only weeks; besides, he was buying a house."
"A very proper preliminary to a wife."
"O, no, no it is impossible!"
"But why? Perhaps you know some good reason to the contrary; for I heard he admired you very much when he met you last year."
"Don't say such things, Selina. How could you fancy it possible, after all the horrid things Lord Marchmont said of him!"
"What is impossible, my dear? That he should think you very handsome?"