My proposition does not require much consideration.

I'll give you till early to-morrow morning to make up your mind.

If by that time you have not brought the girl to my house, you can reckon me as your most irreconcilable enemy, and then the God who remits sins have mercy upon you!" With these words the old spinster turned her back upon him and left the house.
Mr.Meyer escorted his sister to the door, and so long as he saw her before his eyes, his mind stood still, he was not the master of a single thought.

Only when she had crossed his threshold did he come to himself again.

The girls and the young dandies commented on the appearance of the venerable virgin in the most amusing manner, and their jokes put some heart into papa Meyer again.