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Chapter 7

           

           ‘Thegirlhasstrongaffections,andbroughtupasshehasbeen,may,atherage,beeasilyinfluencedandpersuaded.IfItakeherinhand,Iwillbeboundbyaverylittlecoaxingandthreateningtobendhertomywill.Nottobeataboutthebush(fortheadvantagesoftheschemewouldtakeaweektotell)what’stopreventyourmarryingher?’

           RichardSwiveller,whohadbeenlookingovertherimofthetumblerwhilehiscompanionaddressedtheforegoingremarkstohimwithgreatenergyandearnestnessofmanner,nosoonerheardthesewordsthanheevincedtheutmostconsternation,andwithdifficultyejaculatedthemonosyllable:

           ‘What!’

           ‘Isay,what’stoprevent,’repeatedtheotherwithasteadinessofmanner,oftheeffectofwhichuponhiscompanionhewaswellassuredbylongexperience,‘what’stopreventyourmarryingher?’

           ‘Andshe“nearlyfourteen”!’criedDick.

           ‘Idon’tmeanmarryinghernow’returnedthebrotherangrily;‘sayintwoyear’stime,inthree,infour.Doestheoldmanlooklikealong-liver?’

           ‘Hedon’tlooklikeit,’saidDickshakinghishead,‘buttheseoldpeoplethere’snotrustingthem,Fred.There’sanauntofminedowninDorsetshirethatwasgoingtodiewhenIwaseightyearsold,andhasn’tkeptherwordyet.They’resoaggravating,sounprincipled,sospitefulunlessthere’sapoplexyinthefamily,Fred,youcan’tcalculateupon‘em,andeventhentheydeceiveyoujustasoftenasnot.’

           ‘Lookattheworstsideofthequestionthen,’saidTrentassteadilyasbefore,andkeepinghiseyesuponhisfriend.

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