But few English titles can boast a pedigree comparable with Sholto's.

The name of Douglas is historic--far more so than that of Lind, which is not even English except by naturalization.

Besides, Sholto's talents are very remarkable.

He will certainly adopt a political career; and, with his opportunities and abilities, a peerage is anything but a remote contingency." "Sholto, you know, is perfectly unembarrassed.

There is not a charge on his property.