To carry out this prediction would seem like an obedience to a stranger, governing, unseen, and at a distance.

Why did this man concern himself in the affairs of those over whom he had no sovereignty, with whom he had no friendship?
"Julian," Valentine said at last, abruptly, "I wish you would promise me something." "What is it ?" "To drop this fellow, Marr.

He has nothing to do with us, and it is a decided impertinence, this curiosity he shows in our doings.

Don't answer any more of his questions.

Tell him to keep his advice to himself.
And if you really believe he is obtaining an influence over you, avoid him." "You talk as if you disliked him." "I feel as if I hated him." "A man you have never even seen ?" "Yes." "Well, I don't take to him, and I have seen him.