I am twenty-four years of age.

I have neither father nor mother, and am entirely my own master.

I belong to an ancient and honorable family.

My fortune is a large one, and my love for you is of the most honorable and devoted kind.

My uncle, M.de Saumeuse, knows your father well; and will convey my proposals to him upon his return from Italy, in about two or three weeks' time.