I went about it just as if I were buying a horse, and had told the seller that that was my price,--he might take it or leave it.

What right had I to suppose that any girl was to be had in that way; much less such a girl as Clara Amedroz ?" "It would have been a great match for her." "I'm not so sure of that, Mary.

Her education has been different from mine, and it may well be that she should marry above me.

But I swear I will not speak another word to you to-night.

To-morrow, if you're well enough, I'll talk to you all day." Soon after that he did get her to go up to her room, though, of course, he broke that oath of his as to not speaking another word.