"No, my poor tiny child, no;--and more than once I may have occasion tocry, 'Beware!' Remember that the making of peers is so recent a forcein our government machinery that they have no great fortunes. Thosewho are rich look to becoming richer. The wealthiest member of ourpeerage has not half the income of the least rich lord in the EnglishUpper Chamber. Thus all the French peers are on the lookout for greatheiresses for their sons, wherever they may meet with them. Thenecessity in which they find themselves of marrying for money willcertainly exist for at least two centuries.