Whether you can do it or not, is a different thing.

I don't want you to marry Jane Harlow, but as you have set your heart on her, I have resolved to make the most of her strong points and the least of her weak ones.

You had better do the same." There was silence for a few moments, then John asked, "Was that all, mother ?" "We had more to say, but it was of a personal nature--I don't think it concerns you at present." "Nay, but it does, mother.

Everything connected with Jane concerns me." Mrs.Hatton appeared reluctant to speak, but John's anxiety was so evident, she answered, "Well, then, it was about my children." "What about them ?" "She said she had heard her mother speak of my 'large family' and yet she had never seen any of them but Henry and yourself.

She wondered if her mother had been mistaken.