28/29 But I let your father have the money when he wanted it, on his promise that the deeds should be forthcoming. A Christian would not have been such a fool." "Oh, Anton, do not speak to me like that." "But was I not a fool? Were you and I to become man and wife, they would never give them up, though they are my own--my own. No; we must wait; and you--you must demand them from your uncle." "I will demand them. And as for waiting, I care nothing for that if you love me." "I do love you." "Then all shall be well with me; and I will ask for the papers. |