“Granted also, for any thing I know to the contrary. Have you more on your list?”
“Certainly. Emily Riddlesdale; not much fortune, but very highly connected indeed. Her brother, Lord Riddlesdale is a man of great influence.”
“Her want of money is no object, my dear mother, and the influence of her brother no inducement. I covet neither. I grant you that she is a very nice girl. Proceed.”
“Why, Frank, one would think that you were a sultan with his handkerchief. There is Lady Selina Armstrong.”
“Well, she is a very fine girl, and talks well.”
“There is Harriet Butler, who has just come out.”
“I saw her at the last ball we were at—a very pretty creature.”
“Lady Jemima Calthorpe.”
“Not very good-looking, but clever and agreeable.”
“There is Louisa Manners, who is very much admired.”