"You haven't heard half. Madame Melmotte and her daughter are coming."
"The d---- they are!" ejaculated Dolly.
"Dolly!" said Sophia, "do remember where you are."
"Yes I will;--and I'll remember too where I won't be. I won't go to Caversham to meet old mother Melmotte."
"My dear boy," continued the mother, "do you know that Miss Melmotte will have twenty--thousand--a year the day she marries; and that in all probability her husband will some day be the richest man in Europe?"
"Half the fellows in London are after her," said Dolly.

"You haven't heard half. Madame Melmotte and her daughter are coming."
"The d___ they are!" ejaculated Dolly.
"Dolly!" said Sophia, "remember where you are."
"I won't go to Caversham to meet old mother Melmotte."
"My dear boy," continued the mother, "do you know that Miss Melmotte will have twenty thousand a year the day she marries; and that her husband will probably some day be the richest man in Europe?"
"Half the fellows in London are after her," said Dolly.
