I cannot believe for a minute that you would--a girl brought up as you have been--so far forget yourself--would allow yourself to become interested in a perfectly unknown and ignorant and obscure young man." "Why, mamma, he is not ignorant; he knows more than any one I ever saw,--why, he has read piles of books I never even heard of,--and his family is one of the best and oldest in this country.

His grandfathers or great-grandfathers were both signers of the Decla--" "I am not talking about that," interrupted Mrs.Yorke, hastily.

"I must say you appear to have studied his family-tree pretty closely." "Dr.Balsam told me," interjected Alice.
"Dr.Balsam had very little to talk of.

I am talking of his being unknown." "But I believe he will be known some day.

You don't know how clever and ambitious he is.