Was it likely that the fortress would hold out long, or that the maiden's heart would prove to be more obdurate than Danaee's?
Soane, considering these things and his self-denial, grew irritable over his Chambertin.

He pictured Lord March's friend, the Rena, and found this girl immeasurably before her.

He painted the sensation she would make and the fashion he could give her, and vowed that she was a Gunning with sense and wit added; to sum up all, he blamed himself for a saint and a Scipio.

Then, late as it was, he sent for the landlord, and to get rid of his thoughts, or in pursuance of them, inquired of that worthy if Mr.Thomasson was in residence at Pembroke.
'Yes, Sir George, he is,' the landlord answered; and asked if he should send for his reverence.
'No,' Soane commanded.

'If there is a chair to be had, I will go to him.' 'There is one below, at your honour's service.