You have before you a chance which is seldom afforded to any young man, whatever his rank and social standing.
Mind that you profit by it." "You may be sure I will," said Paul, with a smile of self-complacency.
"Good, dear boy; but let me fortify your courage with a little of my experience.

Do you know what an heiress really is ?" "Well, really----" "Permit me to continue.

An heiress and more so if she is an only child, is generally a very disagreeable person, headstrong, capricious, and puffed up with her own importance.

She is utterly spoiled by the flattery to which she has been accustomed from her earliest years, and thinks that all the world is made to bend before her." "Ah!" answered Paul, a little discomfited.

"I hope it is not Mademoiselle Flavia's portrait that you have been sketching ?" "Not exactly," answered the doctor, with a laugh.