"The man's impossible--for a Severence.

I shall stop the engagement." "You can't," rejoined Margaret calmly.

"My mind is made up.

And along with several other qualities, Grandmother, dear, I've inherited your will." "Will without wit--is there anything worse?
But I know you are not serious.

It is merely a mood--the result of a profound discouragement.
My dear child, let me assure you it is no unusual thing for a girl of your position, yet without money, to have no offers at all.