Томас Карлейль - Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History стр 33.

We seem to gather that she was young, hazel-eyed, beautiful, and some ones Cousin; highborn, and of high spirit; but unhappily dependent and insolvent; living, perhaps, on the not-too-gracious bounty of monied relatives. But how came the Wanderer into her circle? Was it by the humid vehicle of Æsthetic Tea, or by the arid one of mere Business? Was it on the hand of Herr Towgood; or of the Gnädige Frau, who, as ornamental Artist, might sometimes like to promote flirtation, especially for young cynical Nondescripts? To all appearance, it was chiefly by Accident, and the grace of Nature.