"It wouldn't matter if he were as old as Adam. The thing is out of the question, and you must drop it." Then the look on his brow became a little heavier. "You hear what I say. She is going to marry Lord Nidderdale. She was engaged to him before you ever saw her. What do you expect to get by it?"
Sir Felix had not the courage to say that he expected to get the girl he loved. But as the man waited for an answer he was obliged to say something. "I suppose it's the old story," he said.

"It wouldn't matter if he were as old as Adam. The thing is out of the question, and you must drop it. She is going to marry Lord Nidderdale. She was engaged to him before you ever saw her. What do you expect to get by it?"
Sir Felix had not the courage to say that he expected to get the girl he loved. But he was obliged to say something. "I suppose it's the old story," he said.
