12/29 She has fixed her girl's mind on him, and if she can't columbine as a bride, she will as a nun. Young people must be at some harlequinade.' 'But it is very shocking. And he ?' 'He plays last and loose, warm and cold. I'm ready to settle twenty times a nobleman's dowry on my niece and she's a fine girl, a handsome girl, educated up to the brim, fit to queen it in any drawing-room. He's all for politics.' 'Constance can scarcely be his dupe so far, I should think.' 'How do you mean ?' 'Everything points to one secret of his conduct.' 'A woman ?' Lady Wathin's head shook for her sex's pained affirmative. |