Tell him lieutenants are fledglings--he's not marriageable at present.

It's a very pretty sacrifice of himself he intends for the sake of the alliance, tell him that, but a lieutenant's not quite big enough to establish it.

You will know what to tell him, ma'am.

And say, it's the fellow's best friend that advises him to be out of it and home quick.

If he makes one of a French trio, he's dished.
He's too late for his luck in England.