He is very low-spirited, and his daughter is too much for him. He is the pink of respectability, and he has sixty years of honesty on his back. All this I perfectly appreciate. Newman gave ear to his bargain and he went on. He would rather his daughter were a good girl than a bad one, but if the worst comes to the worst, the old man will not do what Virginius did.
Success justifies everything.
And she will make a figure. The old gentleman's future is assured. After that, I suppose his future will be assured in some snug prison. If there is a good reason, in honor or decency, for dismissing her from my thoughts forever, I am perfectly willing to do it. Your estimate of the papa's sensibilities is a good reason until it is invalidated.