 | Robert Mackenzie Daniel - 1848 - 322 pages
...— " Indeed, my dear mother, if you wish for my opinion, I should say that there could be no hurry whatever for Miss Herbert to be married, and that...manifested symptoms of impatience, and a desire to be gone — making a bold effort, though with her eyes turned away, she said laughingly — " What... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - Fiction - 1861 - 498 pages
...break up her grandmother's bome after all!' ' It will be a great advantage to her. You used to say that it would be most desirable for her to see more of the world. Away from this place she might marry well.' ' Any one's son but yours,' said Albinia, smiling. ' The... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - English fiction - 1862 - 314 pages
...break up her grandmother's home after all ! ' ' It will be a great advantage to her. You used to say that it would be most desirable for her to see more of the world. Away from this place she might marry well.' ' Any one's son but yours,' said Albinia, smiling. ' The... | |
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Any one's son but yours,' said Albinia, smiling. 'The connexion would be worse here than anywhere else; but I was not thinking of any one in our rank of life. There are many superior men in trade with whom she might be very happy. 