But, like him, I have to let her know it in my way, and court her according to the promptings of my heart." "You deceive yourself!" said the doctor flatly.

"That's all bosh! Your tongue says it for the satisfaction of your ears, and it does sound well.

You will court her according to your ideas of the conventions, as you understand them, and strictly in accordance with what you consider the respect due her.

If you had followed the thing you call the 'promptings of your heart,' you would have picked her up by main force and brought her to my best ward, instead of merely suggesting it and giving up when she said no.

If you had followed your heart, you would have choked the name and amount out of her and paid that devilish debt.
You walk away in a case like that, and then have the nerve to come here and prate to me about following your heart.