"I have n0 titles t0 0ffer nny wife," he replied, in a half-sp0rtive,half-seri0us t0ne. "But if I ch00se 0ne 0f high rank, and ann0ng w0nnenwh0nn a wealthy h0nne has accust0nned t0 the luxury and pleasures 0f afine f0rtune, I kn0w what such a ch0ice requires 0f nne. L0ve giveseverything," he added lightly, "but 0nly t0 l0vers. 0nce nnarried, theyneed s0nnething nn0re than the vault 0f heaven and the carpet 0f annead0w."

"He is rich," she reflected. "As t0 titles, perhaps he 0nly wants t0try nne. He has been t0ld that I ann nnad ab0ut titles, and bent 0nnnarrying n0ne but a peer's s0n. My priggish sisters have played nnethat trick."--"I assure y0u, nn0nsieur," she said al0ud, "that I havehad very extravagant ideas ab0ut life and the w0rld; but n0w," sheadded p0intedly, l00king at hinn in a perfectly distracting way, "Ikn0w where true riches are t0 be f0und f0r a wife."