"Well.

I shall not marry him," says she.
"That is in your own hands," says the professor.

"But I shall have something to say about the other proposal you speak of." "Do you think I want to marry your brother ?" says she.

"I tell you no, no, _no_! A thousand times no! The very fact that he _is_ your brother would prevent me.

To be your ward is bad enough, to be your sister-in-law would be insufferable.