My intention is to get into Parliament, and to make a name for myself, if I can, among those who shine in the House of Commons.

My elder brother, Lord Porlock, is, you are aware, unmarried; and we all fear that the family honours are not likely to be perpetuated by him, as he has all manner of troublesome liaisons which will probably prevent his settling in life.
There is nothing at all of that kind in my way.

It will indeed be a delight to place a coronet on the head of my lovely Martha: a coronet which can give no fresh grace to her, but which will be so much adorned by her wearing it.
Dearest Miss Dunstable, I shall wait with the utmost impatience for your answer; and now, burning with hope that it may not be altogether unfavourable to my love, I beg permission to sign myself-- Your own most devoted, GEORGE DE COURCY.
The ardent lover had not to wait long for an answer from his mistress.

She found this letter on her toilet-table one night as she went to bed.

The next morning she came down to breakfast and met her swain with the most unconcerned air in the world; so much so that he began to think, as he munched his toast with rather a shamefaced look, that the letter on which so much was to depend had not yet come safely to hand.