Do not refuse, I entreat you." "You are a good boy, Alexander, and your kindness makes me still more unwilling to part with you.

I hardly know what to say.

Let us drop the subject for the present; we will talk of it to-morrow or next day.

I must have time for reflection." Alexander Wilmot did not fail to renew his entreaties on the following day, but could not gain Sir Charles's consent.

He was not, however, discouraged.