If not, he should use his authority as a father.
"He came to see me at Wyncomb next day--dropped in unawares like, when mother Tadman was out of the way--not that I had asked him, you see.

He seemed to be quite taken with the place, and made me show him all over the house; and then he took a glass of something, and sat and talked a bit, and went away, without having said a word about his daughter.

But before he went he made me promise that I'd go and see him at the King's Arms that night.
"Well, you see, Nell, as he seemed to have taken a fancy to me, as you may say, and had told me he could put me up to making more of my money, and had altogether been uncommonly pleasant, I didn't care to say no, and I went.

I was rather taken aback at the King's Arms when they showed me to a private room, because I'd met Mr.Nowell before in the Commercial; however, there he was, sitting in front of a blazing fire, and with a couple of decanters of wine upon the table.
"He was very civil, couldn't have been more friendly, and we talked and talked; he was always harping on his daughter; till at last he came out with what he wanted.

Would I give her house-room for a bit, just to keep her out of the way of her husband and such-like designing people, supposing she should turn obstinate and refuse to go abroad with him?
'You've a rare old roomy place,' he said.