I should think Mr.Stanhope was a proud man." "Dora says he is connected with the English noble family of Stanhopes." "We shall certainly have all the connections of the English nobility in America very soon now--but why does he marry Dora?
Is it her money ?" "I think not.

I have heard from various sources some fine things of Basil Stanhope.

There are many richer girls than Dora in St.Jude's.

I dare say some one of them would have married him." "You are mistaken.

Do you think Margery Starey, Jane Lewes, or any of the girls of their order would marry a man with a few thousands a year?
And to marry for love is beyond the frontiers of such women's intelligence.