"It shows the Arrowpoints' good sense, however, to have adopted the affair, after the fuss in the paper," said Sir Hugo. "And disowning your own child because of a _msalliance_ is something like disowning your one eye: everybody knows it's yours, and you have no other to make an appearance with."
"As to _msalliance_, there's no blood on any side," said Lady Pentreath. "Old Admiral Arrowpoint was one of Nelson's men, you know--a doctor's son. And we all know how the mother's money came."
"If they were any _msalliance_ in the case, I should say it was on Klesmer's side," said Deronda.
"Ah, you think it is a case of the immortal marrying the mortal. What is your opinion?" said Sir Hugo, looking at Gwendolen.

"It shows the Arrowpoints' good sense, after the fuss in the paper," said Sir Hugo. "Disowning your own child because of a msalliance is something like disowning your one eye: everybody knows it's yours, and you have no other to make an appearance with."
"As to msalliance," said Lady Pentreath, "old Admiral Arrowpoint was one of Nelson's men - a doctor's son. And we all know how the mother's money came."
"If there were any msalliance in the case, I should say it was on Klesmer's side," said Deronda.
"Ah, you think it is a case of the immortal marrying the mortal. What is your opinion?" said Sir Hugo, looking at Gwendolen.
