Then Tregear returned once more to the subject.

"There is one thing I wish to say about it all." "What is that ?" "I want you to understand that nothing else will turn me away from my intention but such a marriage on her part as that of which you speak.
Nothing that your father can do will turn me." "She can't marry without his leave." "Perhaps not." "That he'll never give,--and I don't suppose you look forward to waiting till his death." "If he sees that her happiness really depends on it he will give his leave.

It all depends on that.

If I judge your father rightly, he's just as soft-hearted as other people.

The man who holds out is not the man of the firmest opinion, but the man of the hardest heart." "Somebody will talk Mary over." "If so, the thing is over.