Moreover, he had petitioned for the privilege of breaking the
news himself. He believed in a wooing in accordance with his nature,
impetuous and regardless at the time of the shy reluctance of its
object; and it was his theory that the girl taken by storm would
make the most submissive, contented and happy of wives; that women
secretly admired men who thus asserted their will and strength, if
in such assertion every form was complied with, and the impression
given that the man was resistless because he could not resist the
charms which had captivated him. "Why, uncle," he had reasoned, "it
is the strongest compliment that a man can pay a woman, and she will
soon recognize it as such. When once she is married, she will be
glad that she did not have to hesitate and choose, and she will
always believe in the man who was so carried away with her that he
carried her away. My course is best, therefore, on general
principles, while in this particular instance we have every reason
for prompt action. Lou and I have been destined for each other from
childhood, and I'm not willing to leave her to the chances of the
hurly-burly which may soon begin.
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