Then to Mrs Boncassen had left the room suddenly. At the same
instant Mr Boncassen entered by another door, and the two men were
alone together. 'My dear Lord Silverbridge,' said the father, 'I
want to have a few words with you.' Of course there was nothing
for him but to submit. 'You remember what you said to me down at
Matching?'
'Oh yes; I remember that.'
'You did me the great honour of expressing a wish to make my child
your wife.'
'I was asking for a very great favour.'
'That also;--for there is no greater favour I could do to any man
than to give him my daughter. Nevertheless, you were doing me a
great honour,--and you did it, as you do everything, with an honest
grace that went far to win my heart. I am not at all surprised,
sir, that you should have won hers.' The young man as he heard
this could only blush and look foolish. 'If I know my girl,
neither your money nor your title would go for anything.'
'I think much more of her love, Mr Boncassen, than I do of
anything else in the world.'
'But love, my Lord, may be a great misfortune.
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