"Well, it is too late now."

"How do you know that? When Mr. Fontaine has gone--"

"It will not make a particle of difference, George; let me tell you
that. Elizabeth will be true to him, if she never sees him again. I
know her, you do not."

"What is to be done, then?"

"I was thinking of Selina Digby."

"O you know she is not pretty at all!"

"We agreed not to let such things as that influence us."

"And she is older than I am."

"She has L50,000, that is more than double Elizabeth's fortune. A man
can't have every thing. It is entirely at her own disposal also. Your
brother-in-law is far too much absorbed in politics to interfere--the
ground there is clear for you."

"If I succeed?"

"I will promise to find capital equal to yours. What did my lord say
concerning our plan?"

"He said we must have some instruction, and that he would speak to