Some one said that young de Winton was simply crazy about her, but he looks such a sloppy youth that I could hardly imagine those two getting married.

Of course, there's the title, yet a title is not everything." Young de Winton! Theydon had not even been aware hitherto of the existence of a marriageable scion of that noble house.
"That particular young spark has not been in evidence during the past few days at any rate," he commented, and his voice was not so nonchalant as he imagined, because Mrs.Paxton looked up quickly.
"Perhaps it was only idle gossip," she said.

"Is Miss Forbes a nice girl to talk to?
She struck me as being very animated." "Animated"-- while in the company of that undoubted oaf, de Winton! Theydon choked back something tinged with gall as he replied quietly: "She could not well help being highly intelligent.

Her father and mother are charming people.

I was introduced to Mr.Forbes owing to a magazine commission to write an article about his interest in aviation.