"What is every girl doing?
What else is every good mother doing for her daughter?
Marriage is the one way in which a gentlewoman may find settlement in life.
Frances has no mother.

Let us help her to win the happiness she deserves.
'Angling' is an ugly word, and in Frances's case is not the right one.
Great men and rich men will soon be angling for her.

Let us place her where the bait is worth taking.

Let us not mince matters, but admit between ourselves that we are sending Frances to court to make a good marriage.

No one less than a rich duke or a wealthy earl will satisfy me.