25/27 You have no right to dictate my choice of a husband." "No right, when I am your father ?" "You are not my father: merely my step-father--merely a relation by marriage. I can do as I like, and intend to." "But, Lucy," implored Braddock, changing his tune, "think." "I have thought. I marry Archie." "But he is poor and Random is rich." "I don't care. I love Archie and I don't love Frank." "Would you have me lose the mummy for ever ?" "Yes, I would, if my misery is to be the price of its restoration. |