He is of good family.

He has money.

He will probably succeed to a baronetcy--though this is not _certain,_ as his uncle is, comparatively speaking, young still.

But even without the title, Hardinge is a man worthy of any woman's esteem, and confidence, and----" He is interrupted by Miss Wynter's giving way to a sudden burst of mirth.

It is mirth of the very angriest, but it checks him the more effectually because of that.
"You must place great confidence in princes!" says she.