"I'll work for myself.

I'll go on the stage, and act with her.

She--she says I should do well there." "But will she take you on those terms ?" the Major interposed.

"Mind, I do not say that Miss Costigan is not the most disinterested of women: but, don't you suppose now, fairly, that your position as a young gentleman of ancient birth and decent expectations forms a part of the cause why she finds your addresses welcome ?" "I'll die, I say, rather than forfeit my pledge to her," said Pen, doubling his fists and turning red.
"Who asks you, my dear friend ?" answered the imperturbable guardian.

"No gentleman breaks his word, of course, when it has been given freely.