England might go to ruin if the Mostyns perished off the English earth; but, Aunt Ruth, I count myself worthy of a better fate than to become a mere branch in the genealogical tree of the Mostyns.
And that is all Fred Mostyn's wife will ever be to him, unless he marries Dora." "But that very supposition implies tragedy, and it is most unlikely." "Yes, for Dora is a good little thing.

She has never been familiar with vice.

She has even a horror of poor women divorced from impossible husbands.

She believes her marriage will be watched by the angels, and recorded in heaven.

Basil has instructed her to regard marriage as a holy sacrament, and I am sure he does the same." "Then why should we forecast evil to their names?
As for Cousin Fred, I dare say he is comfortably asleep." "I am sure he is not.