"Titles are talismanic—whether military or other. With two, he ought to be fairly irresistible."
"Yes, and besides that he has plenty of money and leisure to make love with a thorough care for detail."
"With all those and a manifest supremely good taste," said Rutledge, "I would back him for a winner."
"You are forgetting Senatorial courtesy!"
"How now?"
"Senator Richland."
"What of him?"
"He also is in the running."
"Richland? I hadn't heard."
"Yes; and remember that his fortune is ten times that of the Earl of Duddeston, and his brains are of the same grade as his bank account."