'It is a character, Captain Waverley, which is fast disappearing; for its best point was a self-respect, which was never lost sight of till now.
But, in the present time, the gentlemen whose principles do not permit them to pay court to the existing government are neglected and degraded, and many conduct themselves accordingly; and, like some of the persons you have seen at Tully-Veolan, adopt habits and companions inconsistent with their birth and breeding.

The ruthless proscription of party seems to degrade the victims whom it brands, however unjustly.

But let us hope that a brighter day is approaching, when a Scottish country-gentleman may be a scholar without the pedantry of our friend the Baron; a sportsman, without the low habits of Mr.Falconer; and a judicious improver of his property, without becoming a boorish two-legged steer like Killancureit.' Thus did Flora prophesy a revolution, which time indeed has produced, but in a manner very different from what she had in her mind.
The amiable Rose was next mentioned, with the warmest encomium on her person, manners, and mind, 'That man,' said Flora, 'will find an inestimable treasure in the affections of Rose Bradwardine, who shall be so fortunate as to become their object.

Her very soul is in home, and in the discharge of all those quiet virtues of which home is the centre.
Her husband will be to her what her father now is--the object of all her care, solicitude, and affection.

She will see nothing, and connect herself with nothing, but by him and through him.