"Have you been thinking any more about it?" Lord Nidderdale said to the girl as soon as Madame Melmotte had succeeded in leaving them alone together.
"I have thought ever so much more about it," said Marie.
"And what's the result?"
"Oh,--I'll have you."
"That's right," said Nidderdale, throwing himself on the sofa close to her, so that he might put his arm round her waist.
"Wait a moment, Lord Nidderdale," she said.
"You might as well call me John."
"Then wait a moment,--John. You think you might as well marry me, though you don't love me a bit."

"Have you been thinking any more about it?" Lord Nidderdale said to Marie as soon as Madame Melmotte had left them alone together.
"I have thought ever so much more about it," said Marie.
"And what's the result?"
"Oh, I'll have you."
"That's right," said Nidderdale, throwing himself on the sofa so that he might put his arm round her waist.
"Wait a moment, Lord Nidderdale," she said.
"Call me John."
"Then wait a moment, John. You think you might as well marry me, though you don't love me a bit."
