Mr.Granger told me.

But she is too good for him from a business point of view.

She might marry anybody, if only she were put in the way of it." Somehow, Geoffrey's lively interest in Beatrice sensibly declined on the receipt of this intelligence.

Of course it was nothing to him; indeed he was glad to hear that she was in the way of such a comfortable settlement, but it is unfortunately a fact that one cannot be quite as much interested in a young and lovely lady who is the potential property of a "lumbering Welsh squire," as in one who belongs to herself.
The old Adam still survives in most men, however right-thinking they may be, and this is one of its methods of self-assertion.
"Well," he said, "I am glad to hear she is in such a good way; she deserves it.

I think the Welsh squire is in luck; Miss Granger is a remarkable woman." "Too remarkable by half," said Lady Honoria drily.