13/17 Don't let us be severe, don't let us be in a hurry to condemn him. I must love him; and now that I am satisfied on one point, the one material point, I am sincerely anxious for its all turning out well, and ready to hope that it may. They must both have suffered a great deal under such a system of secresy and concealment." "_His_ sufferings," replied Emma dryly, "do not appear to have done him much harm. Well, and how did Mr.Churchill take it ?" "Most favourably for his nephew--gave his consent with scarcely a difficulty. |