I will do as you bid me." Then he put out his hand and caressed her, stroking down her hair.

"But I think you ought to tell me why it must not be,--as I do love him." "He is a foreigner." "But is he?
And why should not a foreigner be as good as an Englishman?
His name is foreign, but he talks English and lives as an Englishman." "He has no relatives, no family, no belongings.

He is what we call an adventurer.

Marriage, my dear, is a most serious thing." "Yes, papa, I know that." "One is bound to be very careful.

How can I give you to a man I know nothing about,--an adventurer?
What would they say in Herefordshire ?" "I don't know why they should say anything, but if they did I shouldn't much care." "I should, my dear.