[Elsie at Home by Martha Finley]@TWC D-Link bookElsie at Home CHAPTER X 8/18
I shall not abuse your confidence, and, though I find it hard not to be permitted to speak and use my best efforts to win the prize I so covet, it is some consolation that you treat other suitors in the same way." "Perhaps, too, that my daughter is equally indifferent to them all," the captain remarked with a smile.
"And by the way, my young friend, don't you suppose it may be a trifle hard for Lucilla's father to resign the first place in her heart to someone else ?" "It is according to nature, sir," Chester said, returning the smile. "You served Cousin Elsie so when you stole Cousin Violet's heart; and Cousin Elsie's husband had taken her from her father.
It has been the way almost ever since the world began; so I suppose it is all right." "Yes; but a father has a right to say it shall not begin too soon with his own daughter.
Wedlock brings cares and responsibilities that should not be allowed to fall too soon upon young shoulders, and it is my desire and purpose to keep my dear young daughters free from them until they reach years of maturity." "Putting it so, captain, it does seem that you are acting kindly by them, though I must insist that it is hard on the lovers," Chester returned between a smile and a sigh.
"But I think you may trust your daughter with me to-morrow without much fear that I will abuse your confidence.
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