"Whereupon Lady Ashton was highly offended and very angry. Charles was quiet, but firm, all they could urge was useless, he would not hear of it.) "It might answer in Arthur's case" he returned,
by the way Ada is it not strange we have never heard anything of them, poor Louisa, I suppose boarding school did not answer her expectations, as she left it so soon."
"Can you wonder at it, situated as she was."
"It was natural no doubt, and Arthur could be so winning, he always was a favourite with the ladies."
"Oh well, he is a nice fellow you must admit."
"I don't deny it, I always liked him very much, but still I think that sort of thing, is not right, but he always was impetuous, never considered anything, but just acted on the spur of the moment, and he is very soft hearted" he added laughing. "I wonder if the old gentleman knows it."
"Your mother was always ambitious for him, don't you remember how afraid she was about Isabel" asked Ada.
"Yes, and the daughter of his tutor does not come up to the mark."
"I should think her own daughter's child might at all events."
"But she never regards her in that light, never will I fear."