The things we do!

Not that Lord Farintosh thinks me or any one of
his rank.' (Here Miss Ethel laughed.) 'He is the Sultan, and we, every
unmarried girl in society, is his humblest slave. His Majesty's opinions
upon this subject did not suit me, I can assure you: I have no notion of
such pride!
"'But I do not disguise from you, dear Laura, that after accepting him,
as I came to know him better, and heard him, and heard of him, and talked
with him daily, and understood Lord Farintosh's character, I looked
forward with more and more doubt to the day when I was to become his
wife. I have not learned to respect him in these months that I have known
him, and during which there has been mourning in our families. I will not
talk to you about him; I have no right, have I?--to hear him speak out
his heart, and tell it to any friend. He said he liked me because I
did not flatter him. Poor Malcolm! they all do. What was my acceptance of
him, Laura, but flattery? Yes, flattery, and servility to rank, and a
desire to possess it.


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