He must hear the good news from no one but yourself." "Had we not better wait a little, mamma ?" "Why, my love?
You hardly know how anxious your brother is for your welfare." "I knew it was right to tell you, mamma--" "Right to tell me! of course it was.

You could not have had the heart to keep it from me for half a day." "But perhaps it may be better not to mention it further till we know--" "Till we know what ?" said the countess with a look of fear about her brow.
"Whether Sir Thomas and Lady Fitzgerald will wish it.

If they object--" "Object! why should they object?
how can they object?
They are not mercenary people; and you are an earl's daughter.

And Herbert is not like a girl.

The property is his own, entailed on him, and he may do as he pleases." "In such a matter I am sure he would not wish to displease either his father or his mother." "Nonsense, my dear; quite nonsense; you do not at all see the difference between a young man and a girl.