I do not like her, but if you choose to marry her, rest assured I shall give neither of you cause for complaint.

Now, according to my custom, I've had my say.
You could not expect me, as your brother, to be indifferent; still less could I pretend an approval that I don't feel; but I recognize that you are as free as I was when Mary's suitor, and I do not think you can reasonably ask more.

Our relations are too intimate for misunderstanding.

You know that, in my present plans and hopes, I looked forward to receiving you as a partner at no distant time, if such purposes are carried out our interests must always be identical." "Pardon me, Henry," said Graydon, warmly, "and do not misunderstand my hasty words.

I know you have my best welfare at heart--you have ever proved that--but you misjudge my choice.