You can have no objection to him on the ground of his person, and he is a very great gentleman, my niece, as you will find." Still silence.
"I have arranged with him for you to be married in October--about the 25th, I suppose.

So now comes the question of your trousseau.

You must have clothes to fit you for so great a position.

You had better get them in Paris." Then he paused, struck by the fact which he had only just noticed, that the garments she had been wearing and those she now wore were shabby enough.

He realized the reason he had not before remarked this--her splendid carriage and air of breeding--and it gave him a thrill of pride in her.