Never by look or word will I betray it; only do not, oh! do not be angry with him--do not send him away, and that on my account." "But how can I tell whether his remaining here may not subject you to a painful conflict ?" inquired the merchant.

"Our position as regards him is difficult enough without this.

He ranks as a brilliant match in every sense of the word.

His father has intrusted him to me.

If an attachment were to spring up between you, it would be treachery to his father to withhold it from him.