But I would, I would have it done with your father's goodwill.

I foresaw his objections only too well; they are natural, it could not be otherwise; but I hoped that time would help.

Let us wait!' She closed both hands on his, and gazed at him steadily.
'I think you must be guided by me, Emily,' he replied, with his calm self-assertiveness.

'There is no reason why we should wait.

My father is a man who very sensibly accepts the accomplished fact.