Mr.Ryder introduced him to me." "Poor lad, he has his troubles too," went on Mrs.Ryder.

"He's in love with a girl, but his father wants him to marry someone else.
They're quarrelling over it all the time." "Parents shouldn't interfere in matters of the heart," said Shirley decisively.

"What is more serious than the choosing of a life companion, and who are better entitled to make a free selection than they who are going to spend the rest of their days together?
Of course, it is a father's duty to give his son the benefit of his riper experience, but to insist on a marriage based only on business interests is little less than a crime.

There are considerations more important if the union is to be a happy or a lasting one.

The chief thing is that the man should feel real attachment for the woman he marries.