‘What, sir; yes, Millbank?’ said Coningsby.
‘I say, do you know who this Millbank is?’
‘Oh! Miss Millbank: yes, I believe, that is, I know a daughter of the gentleman who purchased some property near you.’
‘Oh! that fellow! Has he got a daughter here?’
‘The most beautiful girl in Paris,’ said the Attaché.
‘Lady Monmouth, have you seen this beauty, that Sidonia is going to marry?’ he added, with a fiendish laugh.
‘I have seen the young lady,’ said Lady Monmouth; ‘but I had not heard that Monsieur Sidonia was about to marry her.’
‘Is she so very beautiful?’ inquired another gentleman.
‘Yes,’ said Lady Monmouth, calm, but pale.
‘Poh!’ said the Marquess again.