I know he is, from what Lucina has told me.

He loves her, and he is proving it by giving her up.

You know that he cannot marry her unless he drags her into poverty, and you know how much you have to help them with.

You know, too, good as Jerome is, and worthy of praise for what he has done, that Lucina ought to do better than marry him." "He is a good boy, Abigail, and if she's got her heart set on him she shall have him." "You don't know that her heart is set on him, Eben.

I think the best thing we can do is to send her down to Boston for a little visit--she may feel differently when she comes home." "I won't have her crossed, Abigail.