I shouldn't disappoint her, especially as it wouldn't be any use.
"Your affectionate uncle, "ELISHA WARREN." The result of all this was that Stephen, whose finances were already in a precarious condition, did think it over and decided not to take the risk.

Also, conscious that his sister sided with their guardian to the extent of believing the university the best place for him at present, he tore up the long letter of grievance which he had written her, and, in that which took its place, mentioned merely that he was "grinding like blazes," and the only satisfaction he got from it was his removal from the society of the "old tyrant from Cape Cod." He accepted the tyrant's invitation to return for the week-end and his sister's birthday with no hesitation whatever; and his letter of acceptance was so politic as to be almost humble.
He arrived on an early train Saturday morning.

Caroline met him at the station, and the Dunns' car conveyed them to the latter's residence, where they were to spend the day.

The Dunns and Caroline had been together almost constantly since the evening when Malcolm and his mother interrupted the reading of the novel.

The former, while professing to be harassed by business cares, sacrificed them to the extent of devoting at least a part of each twenty-four hours to the young lady's society.
She was rarely allowed to be alone with her uncle, a circumstance which troubled her much less than it did him.