'Do not take all the flavour of romance out of Molly's love story, by going into pounds, shillings, and pence.

She is very young.

You would hardly wish her to marry immediately ?' 'Not for the next year, at the very least.' 'Then why enter upon this sordid question of ways and means.

Make Hammond and Mary happy by consenting to their engagement, and trust the rest to Providence, and to me.

Take my word for it, Hammond is not a beggar, and he is a man likely to make his mark in the world.