He had interfered,--rather roughly; and his son had taken him at his word.
He was sore now at his son's coldness to him, and was disposed to believe that his son cared not at all for any one at Granpere.

His niece was almost as dear to him as his son, and much more dutiful.
Therefore he would do the best he could for his niece.

Marie's declaration that George was nothing to her,--that she did not think of him,--was in accordance with his own ideas.

His wife had been wrong.

His wife was usually wrong when any headwork was required.
There could be no good reason why Marie Bromar should not marry Adrian Urmand.
But Marie, as she knew very well, had never declared that George Voss was nothing to her,--that he was forgotten, or that her heart was free.