"I hope that you will not cherish any malice against me, and that when you think it over you will come to the conclusion that second thoughts are sometimes the wisest, and also that you should have some consideration for your father's wishes in a matter of this kind.

He worked hard and risked his life to build up the fortune that he has left.

He evidently thought greatly of your welfare, and was, above all things, anxious to insure your happiness.

I am sure that on thinking it over you will see that you should not thwart his wishes." "My dear boy," he said to Mark, as they stood on the doorstep waiting for the carriage to come round, "the best plan by far in this business would be for the interests of your cousin and yourself to be identical.
She is a very charming young lady, a little headstrong in this matter, perhaps, but I do not think that that is altogether unnatural." "That might have come about if it had not been for the property, Mr.
Prendergast," Mark said, "but it cannot be now.

If she and I had been engaged before all this happened the case would have been different; but you see yourself that now my lips are sealed, for it would seem as if I had not cared for her until she turned out to be an heiress." "You are a silly young couple," the lawyer said.