[The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay]@TWC D-Link bookThe Window-Gazer CHAPTER IX 13/19
After the storm the calm, and although, with my dear Aunt, the calm is almost the more devastating, I trust you will acquit yourself with fortitude. And now we come to the only valid objection, which you have, strong-mindedly, left until the last--my prospective father-in-law! He is a very objectionable old party, and I do not mind your saying so. But one simply can't have everything.
And Bainbridge is a long way from Vancouver.
Also, as a husband I can take precedence, and, by George, I'll do it! So you see your objection is really an extra inducement.
It is only by marrying the daughter of Dr.Farr that I can protect Dr. Farr's daughter. Are you satisfied now? I don't know whether I mentioned it, but she hasn't actually said "yes" yet.
She had certain objections, or rather a certain objection which I found it necessary to meet in a--a somewhat regrettable manner.
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