I think too much of my sister for that.

But, in this matter, we ought to regard simply her happiness and her welfare;--and in considering that you ought to be prepared for her coming marriage.

You may take it for granted that she will choose to give herself, sooner or later, to some man.

Give a girl good looks, and good sense, and good health, and she is sure to wish to be some man's wife,--unless she be deterred by some conventual superstition.' If there were any words capable of conveying horror to the mind of the old banker, they were convents, priests, and papacy,--of which the lawyer was well aware when speaking thus of his sister.

Mrs.Bolton was certainly not addicted to papistical observances, nor was she at all likely to recommend the seclusion of her daughter in a convent.