And yet he has the effrontery to suppose that she will adapt herself to his way of living if he marries her." "Then they are to be married ?" "I suppose it will come to that.

It always does if the man is in earnest.

Girls will accept men simply because they think it ill-natured to return the compliment of an offer with a hearty 'No.'" "I suppose she likes him ?" "Of course she does.

A girl almost always likes a man who is in love with her,--unless indeed she positively dislikes him.

But why should she like him?
He is good-looking, is a gentleman, and not a fool.
Is that enough to make such a girl as Adelaide Palliser think a man divine ?" "Is nobody to be accepted who is not credited with divinity ?" "The man should be a demigod, at least in respect to some part of his character.