"I don't believe that there
is anything to be called an intrigue."
"I have heard a dozen people speak of it; they say she is quite carried
away by him."
"They are certainly very intimate," said Winterbourne.
Mrs. Costello inspected the young couple again with her optical instrument.
"He is very handsome. One easily sees how it is. She thinks
him the most elegant man in the world, the finest gentleman.
She has never seen anything like him; he is better, even, than the courier.
It was the courier probably who introduced him; and if he succeeds in marrying
the young lady, the courier will come in for a magnificent commission."
"I don't believe she thinks of marrying him," said Winterbourne,
"and I don't believe he hopes to marry her."
"You may be very sure she thinks of nothing. She goes on from
day to day, from hour to hour, as they did in the Golden Age.
I can imagine nothing more vulgar. And at the same time,"
added Mrs. Costello, "depend upon it that she may tell you
any moment that she is 'engaged.'"
"I think that is more than Giovanelli expects," said Winterbourne.
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