"I'm glad to hear it. There wasn't any noise about it;--was there?"
"Not as I expected, Mrs. Hurtle, certainly. But she was put out a bit. Poor girl! I've been a girl too, and used to like a bit of outing as well as any one,--and a dance too; only it was always when mother knew. She ain't got a mother, poor dear! and as good as no father. And she's got it into her head that she's that pretty that a great gentleman will marry her."
"She is pretty!"

"I'm glad to hear it."
"She was put out a bit. Poor girl! She ain't got a mother, poor dear! And she's got it into her head that a great gentleman will marry her. 