"And the young ladies?" said Mrs. Middleton.
"Showed that they thought it."
"H'm!" said Mr. Thorne. "And where may this paragon be?"
"At Oxford."
"Going into the Church?"
"I don't know, I'm sure. Not that I ever heard: I don't fancy his tastes lie that way. He is very musical: probably that was why he joined the choir."
"I should say Lisle had money enough," said Godfrey Hammond: "he lives in very good style—if anything, a little too showy perhaps. He won't want a profession. Most likely he will spend his life in thinking that one of these days he will do something wonderful and convulse the musical world. Happy fellow!"
"But suppose he doesn't do it?" said Sissy.
"Happier fellow still! He will never have a doubt, and never know what failure is."
"Perhaps," she said, looking at the bright beautiful face, "it would be better if Mr. Lisle were poor."