"
"What do you mean by that, Mrs. Carbuncle?"
"Nothing very much; but still, you see, they may come again. As to Lord
George, we all know that he has not got a penny-piece in the world that he
can call his own."
"If he had as many pennies as Judas, Lord George would be nothing to me,"
said Lizzie.
"And your cousin really doesn't seem to mean anything."
"I know very well what my cousin means. He and I understand each other
thoroughly; but cousins can love one another very well without marrying."
"Of course you know your own business, but if I were you I would take Lord
Fawn. I speak in true kindness, as one woman to another. After all, what
does love signify? How much real love do we ever see among married people?
Does Lady Glencora Palliser really love her husband, who thinks of nothing
in the world but putting taxes on and off?"
"Do you love your husband, Mrs. Carbuncle?"
"No; but that is a different kind of thing. Circumstances have caused me
to live apart from him. The man is a good man, and there is no reason why
you should not respect him and treat him well. He will give you a fixed
position, which really you want badly, Lady Eustace.
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