"And will he really sell himself for money?" Leonora spoke in a stage whisper.
"Hush, my dear; not quite so loud. As to selling himself, I don't know that you could call it that exactly. Many people here marry for wealth and position. Yet, why shouldn't these two young people fall in love with each other? Lady Adela has everything in the world that is desirable, except money, and so has he. Their fortune is made if they marry each other."
"Happy pair!" said Leonora, in a sarcastic voice, in the darkness. "Isn't it just stifling in this hole, Aunt West? Let us go."
They went back quietly to the little sitting-room again.
"Well, how did you enjoy it, Leonora?" asked her aunt.
"Oh! very much," said the girl.
"I'm glad. Somehow, I thought you didn't," vaguely. "They are going to dance this evening. I can manage for you to see it, if you like to do so. Should you, Leonora?"
"Oh! very much," said the girl again.