9/13 Young men have no show to win her favor." "Indeed." "She prefers a gentleman of middle age. A man who has seen life and had varied experiences." "Wise girl." "In short, Sir Lionel, Pauline Potter is an admirer of bravery; she adores a soldier who has won his spurs." "Ahem! Pauline is a favorite name of mine. I've read of her triumphs, too. She was out in Melbourne two years or more ago and carried the town by storm." "That is a fact." "Duse take it, d'ye know what I've half a mind to do ?" "What's that, Sir Lionel ?" asks John, with a very sober face, but secretly chuckling at the success that is meeting him half-way. Why, he has hardly dug his pit before the baronet comes tumbling into it. |