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"Now you know all about it, Syd," said Mr. Stryver. "I don't care

about fortune: she is a charming creature, and I have made up my

mind to please myself: on the whole, I think I can afford to

please myself. She will have in me a man already pretty well off,

and a rapidly rising man, and a man of some distinction: it is a

piece of good fortune for her, but she is worthy of good fortune.

Are you astonished?"

Carton, still drinking the punch, rejoined, "Why should I be

astonished?"

"You approve?"

Carton, still drinking the punch, rejoined, "Why should I not

approve?"