He wrote to me that my father was ill and I came." "At any rate when they are over you will not have to obey any one.

It is not long to wait." "It is an eternity.

Besides this is not so much a question of obedience as of duty and of love.

I love my father who, whatever his faults, has always been very kind to me." "And I am sure he loves you.

Why not go to him and tell him your trouble ?" "He knows it already, Mr.Quatermain, and hates this marriage even more than I do, if that is possible.