Some girls would be proud to have such gallants at their feet.' 'Proud!' cried Kate.
'I don't say,' rejoined Ralph, raising his forefinger, 'but that you do right to despise them; no, you show your good sense in that, as indeed I knew from the first you would.Well.In all other respects you are comfortably bestowed.

It's not much to bear.

If this young lord does dog your footsteps, and whisper his drivelling inanities in your ears, what of it?
It's a dishonourable passion.

So be it; it won't last long.

Some other novelty will spring up one day, and you will be released.