It was, indeed, absolutely false in every detail; but it
sufficed to show that the matter was becoming public.
"You don't mean to say that Lord Fawn is off?" asked Mme. Goesler.
"I do," said Lady Glencora.
"Poor Lord Fawn!" exclaimed Lady Chiltern. "It really seems as though he
never would be settled."
"I don't think he has courage enough for such conduct as that," said Mme.
Goesler.
"And besides, Lady Eustace's income is quite certain," said Lady Chiltern,
"and poor dear Lord Fawn does want money so badly."
"But it is very disagreeable," said Lady Glencora, "to believe that your
wife has got the finest diamonds in England, and then to find that she has
only--stolen them. I think Lord Fawn is right. If a man does marry for
money, he should have the money. I wonder she ever took him. There is no
doubt about her beauty, and she might have done better."
"I won't hear Lord Fawn belittled," said Lady Chiltern.
"Done better!" said Mme. Goesler. "How could she have done better? He is a
peer, and her son would be a peer. I don't think she could have done
better." Lady Glencora in her time had wished to marry a man who had
sought her for her money.
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