human
You see, dear Lady Cinnamond, she went on,
gpt
I have other daughters, and they have not been entirely without lovers.
human
Oh, dear Lady Cinnamond, how could you imagine that I would suggest such a thing? We all know how well you have married your girls, down to dear Mrs Cowper herself. And of course, if you are satisfied, I have _nothing_ more to say. Only it seemed that as a true friend, if I may say so----
gpt
Indeed I should be very grieved if you might not. But perhaps I ought to tell you that Sir Arthur and I have a great idea of leaving young people to settle their own affairs as much as possible. It has always answered well hitherto, but Honour is, as you say, very young, and she has been brought up differently from the rest----
human
Yes?
gpt
We were living at Boulogne before my husband was sent to the Cape, she said, choosing her words with care--
human
Yes?
gpt
Really, there is little more to say. Naturally your child becomes something of a stranger when you do not see her for fifteen years. But pray don't imagine that I blame the Miss Cinnamonds. Honour has been well educated, and taught to be a companion to her elders--rather too much so, perhaps. She has visited the poor, and taught a class in the village school, and practised all the good works which Sir Arthur says are new in England since his day, and I believe her aunts hoped to see her married to the curate. But unfortunately he went over to Rome.
human
How truly terrible!