If we had not been in his own house, I should have told him that I should enjoy the evening very much more if he would leave me alone and let me go about and look quietly at the place and the gardens, which are really beautiful.

No doubt he is pleasant enough, and I suppose I ought to have felt flattered at his walking about with me and so on, but I am sure I did not.

What pleasure does he suppose an English girl can have in listening to elaborate compliments from a man as yellow as a guinea ?" "Think of his wealth, my dear." "What difference does his wealth make ?" Isobel said.

"As far as I have seen, I do not think that rich Englishmen are more amusing than others, and if he had all the wealth of India, that would not improve Nana Sahib in my eyes.

There are women, of course, who do think a great deal about money, and who will even marry men for it, but even women who would do that could not, I should think, care anything about the wealth of a Hindoo they cannot marry." "Not directly, my dear," Mrs.Hunter said; "but people may be flattered with the notice and admiration of a person of importance and great wealth, even if he is a Hindoo." "Besides," the Doctor put in, "the Rajah is considered to be a great connoisseur of English beauty, and has frequently expressed his deep regret that his religion prevented his marrying an English lady." "I should be very sorry for the English girl who would marry him, religion or not." "I think you are rather hard upon the Nana, Isobel," the Major said.
"He is a general favorite; he is open handed and liberal; very fond of entertaining; a great admirer of us as a nation.