Probably they tried.

Are you intimate with many of our young nobility under assumed names ?" "Steal a few more marches to the Bijou, and perhaps you will find out." "Good-night! Pardon my abrupt departure, but you are not the very sweetest of Susannas to-night." "Oh, _good_-night." "By the bye," said Conolly, returning, "this must be the Mr.Duke Lind who is going to marry Lady Constance Carbury, my noble pupil's sister." "I am sure it matters very little whom he marries." "If he will pay us a visit here, and witness the working of perfect frankness without affection, and perfect liberty without refinement, he may find reason to conclude that it matters a good deal.

Good-night.".