All of the following comments are ironic EXCEPT Group of answer choices

"Apprised, sir, of my daughter's sudden flight by her trusty maid, whose confidence I purchased by means of a small coin" (lines 11-12)

"the number of engagements that go on seems to me considerably above the proper average that statistics have laid down for our guidance" (lines 52-54)

"We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces" (lines 86-87)

"There are distinct social possibilities in your profile" (line 97)

"But I do not approve of mercenary marriages" (lines 108-109)