"Oh, yes! he has tried it with all the girls. At present, he is mad about Martha Stirling."
"Half the men of the Province are mad about her—and with just cause, too, I grant. But they will get over it—the minute the ship, that bears her back to England, passes Greenbury Point."
"You think that none of them could persuade her to remain?"
"It is as unlikely as that Sir Edward himself will remain."
"Governor Sharpe has bought Whitehall;"—Miss Marbury objected—"he will become one of us when his term expires."
"But his niece will not," said Miss Tyler. "He seeks rest and ease, she pleasure and excitement."
"I can find plenty of pleasure and excitement in Maryland."
"And so can I—but not of the sort she would have. It is all in what you have been used to. Maryland is agreeable enough for a few months, but she will want something else for steady diet. She has beauty and fascination, and they bring a higher price in England than in America."
"Is the lady, then, for sale?" inquired Parkington.
"We all are for sale, the only question is the price you pay."