She is not pretty, she is not plain; she is not clever, she is not stupid; she is neither saint nor sinner.' 'The more likely to make a good wife.' 'Perhaps so.

I am at any rate quite willing to believe that as wife she would be good enough for me.' 'What does the mother say ?' 'The mother is a caution.

I cannot help speculating whether, if I marry the daughter, I shall ever find out where the mother came from.
Dolly Longestaffe says that somebody says that she was a Bohemian Jewess; but I think she's too fat for that.' 'What does it matter, Felix ?' 'Not in the least' 'Is she civil to you ?' 'Yes, civil enough.' 'And the father ?' 'Well, he does not turn me out, or anything of that sort.

Of course there are half-a-dozen after her, and I think the old fellow is bewildered among them all.

He's thinking more of getting dukes to dine with him than of his daughter's lovers.