May I--appealing to that righteousness in which I am sure you are not naturally deficient--ask you whether you have reflected on that fact ?" "It is not half so awful to me as the fact of a father forcing his daughter's inclinations.

However, awful is hardly the word for the occasion.

Let us come to business, Mr.Lind.I want to marry your sister because I have fallen in love with her.

You object.

Have you any other motive than aristocratic exclusiveness ?" "Indeed, you quite mistake.