"One of our young men is just married," Dobbin said, now coming to the point. "It was a very old attachment, and the young couple are as poor as church mice." "O, how delightful! O, how romantic!" Miss Osborne cried, as the Captain said "old attachment" and "poor." Her sympathy encouraged him.

"One of our young men is just married," Dobbin said. "It was a very old attachment, and the young couple are as poor as church mice."
"O, how delightful! How romantic!" Miss Osborne cried.
