Endeavor to persuade him to give up his suit.

I will meet him as though I knew nothing of his letter to my father." Katuti looked down reflectively.

Then she said--"The Regent certainly likes very well to pass his hours of leisure with me gossiping or playing draughts, but I do not know that I should dare to speak to him of so grave a matter." "Marriage-projects are women's affairs," said Bent-Anat, smiling.
"But the marriage of a princess is a state event," replied the widow.

"In this case it is true the uncle [Among the Orientals--and even the Spaniards--it was and is common to give the name of uncle to a parent's cousin.] only courts his niece, who is dear to him, and who he hopes will make the second half of his life the brightest.

Ani is kind and without severity.
Thou would'st win in him a husband, who would wait on thy looks, and bow willingly to thy strong will." Bent-Anat's eyes flashed, and she hastily exclaimed: "That is exactly what forces the decisive irrevocable 'No' to my lips.