I would not look at anything under twenty thousand a year.
She is too good for that lumbering Welsh squire she's engaged too--the man who lives in the Castle--though they say that he is fairly rich." "Engaged," said Geoffrey, "how do you know that she is engaged ?" "Oh, I don't know it at all, but I suppose she is.

If she isn't, she soon will be, for a girl in that position is not likely to throw such a chance away.

At any rate, he's head over ears in love with her.

I saw that last night.

He was hanging about for hours in the rain, outside the door, with a face like a ghost, till he knew whether she was dead or alive, and he has been there twice to inquire this morning.