"Gaston really is fond of her.
She amuses him, and he says she is far cleverer than he is." But there were unions less satisfactory, and Bettina had opportunities to reflect upon these also.

The English and Continental papers did not give enthusiastic, detailed descriptions of the marriages New York journals dwelt upon with such delight.

They were passed over with a paragraph.

When Betty heard them spoken of in France, Germany or Italy, she observed that they were not, as a rule, spoken of respectfully.

It seemed to her that the bridegrooms were, in conversation, treated by their equals with scant respect.