9/15 They have been meeting on the river and in the park habitually, apparently with your consent.' 'My lady!' 'I did not say with your connivance.' 'You mean my daughter Elizabeth ?' 'And my nephew Reginald. We have named them, if that advances us. Now, the end of such meetings is marriage, and the sooner the better, if they are to continue. I would rather they should not; I do not hold it good for young soldiers to marry. But if they do, it is very certain that their pay will not support a family; and in a marriage of two healthy young people, we have to assume the existence of the family. |