7/18 Then, as he did not begin at once, she asked a question. "Will Silverbridge stand for the county, papa ?" "No, my dear." "But for the town ?" "Yes, my dear." "And he won't be a Liberal ?" "I am afraid not. It is a cause of great unhappiness to me; but I do not know that I should be justified in any absolute opposition. A man is entitled to his own opinion, even though he be a very young man." "I am so sorry that it should be so, papa, because it vexes you." "I have many things to vex me;--things to break my heart." "Poor mamma!" she exclaimed. But life and death are in God's hands, and even though we may complain we can alter nothing. |