You never were one to be unfair, and I don't think you'll begin with my nephew." "No, I'll never be unfair, not as long as I live; and I'll take up for Julius Sandal as soon as I am half sure he deserves it." "You can't think what a pleasure it would be to me if he fancied one of our girls.

I've planned it this many a long day, Alice." "Well, then, William, if you have a wish as strong as that, it is something more than a wish, it is a kind of right; and I'll never go against you in any fair matter." "And though you spoke scornful of money, it is a good thing; and the girl Julius marries will be a rich woman.

Eh?
What ?" "Perhaps; but it is the happiness and not the riches of her child that is a good mother's reward, and a good father's too.

Eh, William ?" "Certainly, Alice, certainly." But his unspoken reflection was, "women are that short sighted, they cannot put up with a small evil to prevent a big one." He had forgotten that "the wise One" and the "Counsellor" thought one day's joys and sorrows "sufficient" for the heart to bear..