You don't think he married yonder Queen of Hearts from conviction, do you ?" He nodded towards a corner where Hylda, under a great palm, and backed by a bank of flowers, stood surrounded by a group of people palpably amused and interested; for she had a reputation for wit--a wit that never hurt, and irony that was only whimsical.
"No, there you are wrong," the Duchess answered.

"He married from conviction, if ever a man did.

Look at her beauty, look at her fortune, listen to her tongue.

Don't you think conviction was easy ?" Lord Windlehurst looked at Hylda approvingly.

She has the real gift--little information, but much knowledge, the primary gift of public life.