of the English nobility in America very
soon now--but why does he marry Dora? Is
it her money?"

"I think not. I have heard from various
sources some fine things of Basil Stanhope.
There are many richer girls than Dora in St.
Jude's. I dare say some one of them would
have married him."

"You are mistaken. Do you think Margery
Starey, Jane Lewes, or any of the girls
of their order would marry a man with a few
thousands a year? And to marry for love is
beyond the frontiers of such women's intelligence.
In their creed a husband is a banker,
not a man to be loved and cared for. You
know how much of a banker Mr. Stanhope
could be."

"Bryce Denning is very angry at what he
evidently considers his sister's mesalliance."

"If Mr. Stanhope is connected with the
English Stanhopes, the mesalliance must be
laid to his charge."

"Indeed the Dennings have some pretenses
to good lineage, and Bryce spoke of his sister
`disgracing his family by her contemplated