If she
marries him without stress or compulsion, she does it deliberately, and
she shapes her own course and her own fate. In the meantime I advise
you to hold back for the present, and wait until her own sentiments are
distinctly understood. That can be effected by a private interview with
yourself, which you can easily obtain. Let us not be severe on Harry. I
rather think he is pressed forward in the matter by my mother, for the
sake of the property If his uncle has discarded him, it is not, surely,
unreasonable that a young man like him, without a profession or
any fixed purpose in life, should wish to secure a wife--and such a
wife--who will bring back to him the very property which was originally
destined for himself in the first instance. Wait, then, at all events,
until Alice's conduct in the matter is known. If there be unjustifiable
force and pressure upon her, act; if not, I think, sir, that, with every
respect, your interference would be an unjustifiable intrusion."
"Very well, Charley; I believe you are right; I will be guided by you
for the present; I won't interfere; but in the meantime I shall have an
eye to their proceedings.
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