I have not been in the habit of brooking disappointment." "_That_ will make your ladyship's situation at present more pitiable; but it will have no effect on me." "I will not be interrupted.

Hear me in silence.

My daughter and my nephew are formed for each other.

They are descended, on the maternal side, from the same noble line; and, on the father's, from respectable, honourable, and ancient--though untitled--families.

Their fortune on both sides is splendid.