"Assuredly I am, Mr. Fenwick."
"Mary Lester, you know, moves in a circle above my own; that is, her father is accounted rich, and I am known to have nothing but my own energies to depend upon."
"All that is nothing. Win her affections, and she must be yours."
"But I am not so certain that I can do that."
"Nonsense! It is half done already."
"You seem very positive about the matter."
"Because I am never mistaken on these subjects. I can tell, the moment I see a young couple together, whether they will suit each other or not."
"And you think, then, that we will just suit?"
"Certainly I do."
"I only wish that I could think so."