'
'But it will have to be so.'
'If I do write I will tell you.'
'And show me what you write?'
'No, papa; not that, but I will tell you what I have written.'
Then it occurred to him that this bargaining was altogether
derogatory to his parental authority, and by no means likely to
impress upon her mind the conviction that Tregear must be
completely banished from her thoughts. He began already to find
how difficult it would be for him to have the charge of such a
daughter,--how impossible that he should conduct such a charge with
sufficient firmness, and yet with sufficient tenderness! At
present he had done no good. He had only been made more wretched
than ever by her obstinacy. Surely he must pass her over to the
charge of some lady,--but of some lady who would be as determined
as he was himself that she should not throw herself away by
marrying Mr Tregear. 'There shall be no writing,' he said, 'no
visiting, no communication of any kind. As you refuse to obey me
now, you had better go to your room.'
CHAPTER 9
'In Media Res'
Perhaps the method of rushing at once 'in media res' is, of all
the ways of beginning a story, or a separate branch of a story,
the least objectionable.
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