"
"His name is Maule, and he is a gentleman, and all that. Some day
when his father dies he'll have a small property somewhere."
"I hope he has a profession."
"No, he has not. I told you all that before."
"If he has nothing at all, Glencora, why did he ask a young lady to
marry him?"
"Oh, dear; what's the good of going into all that? He has got
something. They'll do immensely well, if you'll only listen. She is
your first cousin."
"Of course she is," said Plantagenet, lifting up his hand to his
hair.
"And you are bound to do something for her."
"No; I am not bound. But I'm very willing,--if you wish it. Put the
thing on a right footing."
"I hate footings,--that is, right footings. We can manage this
without taking money out of your pocket."
"My dear Glencora, if I am to give my cousin money I shall do so by
putting my hand into my own pocket in preference to that of any other
person."
"Madame Goesler says that she'll sign all the papers about the Duke's
legacy,--the money, I mean,--if she may be allowed to make it over to
the Duke's niece.
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