poor mrs. warren was rendered almost incoherent with horror at this implication that i would ever support the pretensions of anyone of inferior character , and could scarcely form her objections , which were , for once , uttered in an almost fainting voice ; but mrs. grayson seemed only to find her nephews speech amusing , for she reached over and patted his hand , and smilingly reassured him that she had every confidence that he would prove a veritable solomon .