him to inquire book m � i j v slid lash l j hie s utterly done i ind the too lost all their il s ow to some hie poor mother t a son it she and the girls have to into a little like a s don t lie to me if yoa please said in lis it s not and it answers no other what do mean p said more than was common with him � the before him being more than commonly me the will it s no invention of mine i have heard the from � s man for one he is getting a new tenant for i don t mean that is miss there or is she not f said in his former tone upon my soul i tell said rather may have left yesterday i heard she had taken a situation as she may be gone to it for what i know but if you wanted to sec no the mother would send for her this sneer slipped off his tongue without strict intention to inquire whether she will be there to did not move like many persons who have thought over beforehand what they shall say in given he was im by an irritation to say some of those things before the cases given in fact was likely to get into a scrape so tremendous that it was impossible to let him take the t step toward it without remonstrance retained enough caution to use a tone of rational friendliness still he felt his own value to his patron and was prepared to be daring it would be as well for you to remember that you are coming under closer fire now there can be none of the ordinary done which may mean every thing or nothing you must make up your mind whether you wish to be accepted and more than that how you would like being refused either one or the other you bo after her again for weeks said nothing bat pressed the newspaper down on his knees and began to light another cigar took this as sign that he was willing to listen and was the bent on using the opportunity ho wanted if possible to find out which would be the more potent cause of hesitation � probable acceptance or probable refusal every thing has a more serious look now than it had before there is her family to be provided for you could not let your wife s mother live in it will be a affair marriage will pin you down in a way you haven t been used to and in point of money you not too much elbow room and after all what will you get by you are master over your estates present or future as far as choosing your heir goes it s a pity to go on them for a mere whim which you may repent of in a i should be sorry to see you making a mess of your life in that way if there were any thing solid to be gained by the marriage that would be a different affair s tone had gradually become more and more in its friendliness of remonstrance and he was almost in danger of that he was merely gambling in argument when he left off took his cigar out of his mouth and looking steadily at the moist end while he adjusted the leaf with his delicate finger tips said i knew before that you had an objection to my marrying miss ho made a little pause before he continued but i never considered that a reason against it i never supposed you did answered not but it was not that i urged as a reason i should have thought it might have been a reason against it after all your experience that you would be acting like the hero of a ballad and making yourself absurd � and all for you know you couldn t make up your mind before it s impossible you can care much about her and as for the tricks she is likely to play you may judge of that from what you heard at however what i wished to point out to you was that there can be no now book in � maidens perfectly said looking at and fixing him narrow eyes i don t intend that there should be i dare say it s disagreeable to yon bat if yoa suppose i care a d � n for that you are most mistaken h d rising with his hands in his pockets and feeling some latent still within him if you have made up your mind i� only there s another aspect of affair i have been speaking on the supposition that it was absolutely certain she would accept you and that would no choice but i am not so sure that the young lady is to be counted on she is cattle to shoe i think and she had her reasons for running away before had moved a step or two till he stood nearly in front of though at some distance from him he did not feel himself much restrained by consequences being aware that the only strong hold he had on his present position was his and even after a quarrel the want of him was likely sooner or later to ho foresaw that would cause him to be for a time and his temper at this moment ui him to risk a quarrel she liad her reasons he repeated more significantly i had come to that conclusion before said with contemptuous irony yes but i hardly think you know what her reasons were you do apparently said not betraying by so much as an that ho cared for the reasons yes and you had better know too that you may judge of the influence you have over her if she 