"How I pity all the other girls at the Archery Meeting--all thinking of Mr. Grandcourt! And they have not a shadow of a chance."
Mrs. Davilow had not the presence of mind to answer immediately, and Gwendolen turned round quickly toward her, saying, wickedly,
"Now you know they have not, mamma. You and my uncle and aunt--you all intend him to fall in love with me."
Mrs. Davilow, piqued into a little stratagem, said, "Oh, my, dear, that is not so certain. Miss Arrowpoint has charms which you have not."

"How I pity all the other girls at the Archery Meeting - all thinking of Mr. Grandcourt! And they have not a shadow of a chance. You know they have not, mamma. You and my uncle and aunt all intend him to fall in love with me."
Mrs. Davilow, piqued, said, "Oh, my dear, that is not so certain. Miss Arrowpoint has charms which you have not."
