15/25 "Well, you'll find out that I'm other things too before I'm done with you. And I repeat that you are fortune-hunting young rascal and that I would rather see my daughter dead than married to you." "And I say, Godfrey, I would rather see you dead than married to her!" broke in Mr.Knight, spitting out his words like an angry cat. "You have worked this business well, and it seems a little impossible now, doesn't it? Not even for the sake of Isobel will I submit to such insults. I will not give her up, but I swear by God that while you are alive I will not marry Isobel, nor will I write to her or speak to her again. |