I know how to gain his consent.
Besides, what does his approbation matter to us?
Have we any need of him?
Am I not my own master?
Am I not rich--immensely rich?
I should be a miserable fool, a coward, if I hesitated between his stupid prejudices and the happiness of my life." He was evidently obliging himself to weigh all the possible objections, in order to answer them and overrule them.
"Is it on account of your family that you hesitate ?" he continued.

"Your father and brother are pursued, and France is closed against them.

Very well, we will leave France, and they shall come and live near you.

Jean will no longer dislike me when you are my wife.

We will all live in England or in Italy.