And if we can only see you now and then--" "That will be a matter of course.

But, as I was saying--Let me see.
Yes,--all that waiting will be intolerable to me.

It is such a bore for a man when he has made up his mind on such a matter as marriage, not to make the change at once, especially when he is going to take to himself such a little angel as you are," and as he spoke these loving words, his arm was again put round her waist; "but--" and then he stopped.

He wanted to make her understand that this change of intention on his part was caused by the unexpected misconduct of her uncle.

He desired that she should know exactly how the matter stood; that he had been led to suppose that her uncle would give her some small fortune, that he had been disappointed, and had a right to feel the disappointment keenly; and that in consequence of this blow to his expectations, he must put off his marriage.