You should, in charity, remember his great provocation."
"Well, then," Miss Lou burst out, "let him make amends. Here I am, a
defenceless girl, with all my kindred against me. He should be the
first to defend me."
"So he wishes to do, my dear; and he only craves the most sacred
right to defend you."
"Yes, in his own way, and without any regard to my feelings and
wishes."
"Indeed, my dear, you misjudge him. You have only to yield one point
in order to make him a slave to your wishes."
"But that is yielding everything. Oh, aunt, how can you urge a girl
toward a loveless marriage?"
"Now, my dear, just listen patiently to me for a few moments," began
Mrs. Whately in a wheedling tone. "I am older than you are. I know
young girls are apt to have romantic notions, but when they reach my
age they find that it is ever best to act in view of good and
sufficient reasons. Apart from the terrible emergency that is upon
us, you know that we all have had our hearts set on this marriage
almost ever since you were born, and we have made no secret of the
fact.
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