"I will try my hardest then to get your son to listen to me. I do fear, though, that if he will not listen to your reason and your good sence then I will have little more luck. But a frank talk man to man may help him order his priorities. Your son is not the Prince Regent, after all, and God save us if he was." He added, with a swallow of wine to accompany and reinforce his words. "And the time will soon come when I shall need to find Fabian a suitable young lady. Not for some years yet, but I already have my eyes open for viable candidates. I shall have to start inviting them to dinner."
"I am sure the gentleman to be Katherine's husband is a man of most fitting qualities, Georgina, you need not worry yourself. She is a strong woman capable of looking after herself, even if she must learn obidence soon once she is married." He says to her.