"I＇m very glad to hear it," said the young man gravely.
"It was a proposal many girls would have accepted;it had everything to recommend it." Isabel had not proposed to herself to tell this story, but, now she had begun, the satisfaction of speaking it out and doing herself justice took possession of her. "I was offered a great position and a great fortune—by a person whom I like extremely."
Caspar watched her with intense interest. "Is he an Englishman?"
"He＇s an English nobleman," said Isabel.