But was he not offering to give up everything for his love?
His Kate should be his wife after some Roman Catholic fashion in some Roman Catholic country.

Of course there would be difficulties,--the least of which would not be those glances from the angry mother; but it would be his business to overcome difficulties.

There were always difficulties in the way of any man who chose to leave the common grooves of life and to make a separate way for himself.

There were always difficulties in the way of adventures.

Dear Kate! He would never desert his Kate.