And my husband will be happy in the enjoyment of every expensive taste which a poor man call gratify, for the first time in his life.

Have you any more objections to make?
Don't hesitate to speak plainly." "I have a question to ask, my dear." "Charmed, I am sure, to answer it--if I can." "Am I right in supposing that Lord Howel Beaucourt is about half your age ?" "Yes, dear; my future husband is as nearly as possible half as old as I am." Mrs.Newsham's uneasy virtue shuddered.

"What a profanation of marriage!" she exclaimed.
"Nothing of the sort," her friend pronounced positively.

"Marriage, by the law of England (as my lawyer tells me), is nothing but a contract.
Who ever heard of profaning a contract ?" "Call it what you please, Matilda.

Do you expect to live a happy life, at your age, with a young man for your husband ?" "A happy life," Miss Dulane repeated, "because it will be an innocent life." She laid a certain emphasis on the last word but one.
Mrs.Newsham resented the emphasis, and rose to go.