As soon as he was ordained, she argued, he would have a home of his own, wherein she, with her bad grammar and her ignorance, would be an encumbrance to him.

Better obliterate her as much as possible.
He showed a more manly anger now, but would not agree.

She on her side was more persistent, and he had doubts whether she could be trusted in his absence.

But by indignation and contempt for her taste he completely maintained his ascendency; and finally taking her before a little cross and altar that he had erected in his bedroom for his private devotions, there bade her kneel, and swear that she would not wed Samuel Hobson without his consent.

'I owe this to my father!' he said.
The poor woman swore, thinking he would soften as soon as he was ordained and in full swing of clerical work.