'
'Of course she would feel that.'
'Now I have told you what she said, and I hope you will ask me no
further questions about her. I cannot make Lady Mabel my wife;---
though, for the matter of that I ought not to presume that she
would take me if I wished it. I had intended to ask you today to
consent to my marriage with Miss Boncassen.'
'I cannot give you my consent.'
'Then I am very unhappy.'
'How can I believe as to your unhappiness when you would have said
the same about Lady Mabel Grex a few weeks ago?'
'Nearly eight months,' said Silverbridge.
'What is the difference? It is not the time, but the disposition
of the man! I cannot give you my consent. The young lady sees it
in the right light, and that will make your escape easy.'
'I do not want to escape.'
'She has indicated the cause which will separate you.'
'I will not be separated from her,' said Silverbridge, who was
beginning to feel that he was subjugated to tyranny. If he chose
to marry Isabel, no one could have a right to hinder him.
'I can only hope that you will think the better of it, and that
when next you speak to me on that or on any other subject you will
answer me with less arrogance.
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