I am against all delays.

I am especially anxious that Oscar's marriage should not be put off.

When we began our conversation, I own to you I was of Oscar's opinion that he would do wisely to let marriage make him sure of his position in her affections, before he risked the disclosure.

Now--after what the nurse has told us--I see no risk worth considering." "In short," I said, "you agree with me ?" "I agree with you--though I _am_ the most opinionated man living.

The chances now seem to me to be all in Oscar's favor, Lucilla's antipathy is not what I feared it was--an antipathy firmly rooted in a constitutional malady.