Hastings to think we are richer than we are?
I don't accuse him of being at all mercenary, but I do think
he would have proposed ere this, if he hadn't thought us so
wretchedly poor."
Mrs. Deane could not understand how merely looking at a costly
piano indicated wealth; but feeling herself considerable interest
in her daughter's success, she concluded to let her pursue her own
course, and the subject was not resumed again until afternoon,
when, having finished their shopping, they sat alone in a private
room, opening from the public hall, and opposite the ladies'
parlor in the hotel. They had taken this room, because in case she
attended the concert, Eugenia would wish to rearrange her hair,
and make some little change in her personal appearance. "Then,
too, when Mr. Hastings came," she said, "they would be by
themselves, and not have everybody listening to what they said. By
the way, mother," she continued, as she stood before the glass,
"if Mr. Hastings can attend the concert, suppose you go home at
half-past six.
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