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'Whether I loved him or not, he should love me.'
'And you think that Silverbridge would do?'
'Yes. I think that Silverbridge would do. You, no doubt, will say
that I am flying high.'
'Not too high. Why should you not fly high? If I can justify
myself, surely I cannot accuse you.'
'It is hardly the same thing, Frank. Of course there is not a girl
in London to whom Lord Silverbridge would not be the best match
that she could make. He has the choice of us all.'
'Most girls would think twice before refusing him.'
'Very few would think twice before accepting him. Perhaps he
wishes to add to his wealth by marrying richly,--as his father
did.'
'No thought on that subject would ever trouble him. That will be
all as it happens. As soon as he takes sufficient fancy to a girl
he will ask her straight off. I do not say that he might not
change afterwards, but he would mean it at the time.'
'If he had once said the word to me, he should not change. But
then what right have I to expect it? What has he ever said about
me?'
'Very little.
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