"With women I think that a little softness has the most effect. I want to make you understand this about the Melmottes. It stands to reason that the girl will not marry Felix unless she loves him."
"But does he love her?"
"Why should he not? Is a girl to be debarred from being loved because she has money? Of course she looks to be married, and why should she not have Felix if she likes him best? Cannot you sympathize with my anxiety so to place him that he shall not be a disgrace to the name and to the family?"
"We had better not talk about the family, Lady Carbury."
"But I think so much about it."

The girl will not marry Felix unless she loves him."
"But does he love her?"
"Why should he not? Of course she hopes to be married, and why should she not have Felix if she likes him best? Cannot you sympathize with my anxiety that he shall not be a disgrace to the family?"
"We had better not talk about the family, Lady Carbury. 