“My wealth and position! Are these any bait to Graham? If I thought so⁠—”

“ Dr. Bretton knows these points perfectly, as you may be sure, M. de Bassompierre, and values them as any gentleman would⁠—as you would yourself, under the same circumstances⁠—but they are not his baits. He loves your daughter very much; he feels her finest qualities, and they influence him worthily.”

“What! has my little pet ‘fine qualities?’ ”

“Ah, sir! did you observe her that evening when so many men of eminence and learning dined here?”

“I certainly was rather struck and surprised with her manner that day; its womanliness made me smile.”