and richer than he is—What should hinder you from loving them?"
"If there be any, they are out of my way—I've seen none like Edgar."
"You may see some; and he won't always be handsome, and young, and may not always be rich."
"He is now; and I have only to do with the present—I wish you would speak rationally."
"Well, that settles it—if you have only to do with the present, marry Mr. Linton."
"I don't want your permission for that—I shall marry him; and yet, you have not told me whether I'm right."
"Perfectly right; if people be right to marry only for the present. And now, let us hear what you are unhappy about. Your brother will be pleased. . .The old lady and gentleman will not object, I think—you will escape from a disorderly, comfortless home into a wealthy respectable one; and you love Edgar,
