I hate these interested marriages, don't you ?--especially when they're international.

Sir Charles isn't here; he's such a sweet boy.

He's a friend of Mr Cricker; it's through Mr Cricker I know them, really.

Lady Everard has taken _such_ a fancy to young Cricker; she won't leave him alone.

After all he's _my_ friend, and as he's not musical I don't see that she has any special right to him; but he's there every Wednesday now, and does his dances on their Sunday evenings too.