Young man, they say that such love as you entertain for my daughter teaches much subtilty; but believe not that it can overreach the affection which a widowed father bears to an only child." "If," said Julian, his heart beating thick and joyfully, "if you have known this intercourse so long, may I not hope that it has not met your disapprobation ?" The Major paused for an instant, and then answered, "In some respects, certainly not.

Had it done so--had there seemed aught on your side, or on my daughter's, to have rendered your visits here dangerous to her, or displeasing to me, she had not been long the inhabitant of this solitude, or of this island.

But be not so hasty as to presume, that all which you may desire in this matter can be either easily or speedily accomplished." "I foresee, indeed, difficulties," answered Julian; "but with your kind acquiescence, they are such as I trust to remove.

My father is generous--my mother is candid and liberal.

They loved you once; I trust they will love you again.