But his Kate must do as much as this for him.

Did he not intend that, whatever good things the world might have in store for him, his Kate should share them all?
His ideas were very hazy, and he knew himself that he was ignorant of the laws respecting marriage.

It occurred to him, therefore, that he had better consult his brother, and confide everything to him.

That Jack was wiser than he, he was always willing to allow; and although he did in some sort look down upon Jack as a plodding fellow, who shot no seals and cared nothing for adventure, still he felt it to be almost a pity that Jack should not be the future Earl.

So he told his aunt that he proposed to ask his brother to come to Scroope for a day or two before he returned to Ireland.