I'm going to be married!" "To be married!" The tone in which Mr.Maule, senior, repeated the words was much the same as might be used by any ordinary father if his son expressed an intention of going into the shoe-black business.
"Yes, sir.

It's a kind of thing men do sometimes." "No doubt;--and it's a kind of thing that they sometimes repent of having done." "Let us hope for the best.

It is too late at any rate to think about that, and as it is to be done, I have come to tell you." "Very well.

I suppose you are right to tell me.

Of course you know that I can do nothing for you; and I don't suppose that you can do anything for me.