I need not tell you how dreadful all this is to me, Jasper; but to the best of my judgment, which I have fortified by earnest prayers for guidance, it is my imperative duty to tell you of it." "The vagabond! It is exactly as I have always said: Constance is too tame for him.

He does not care a d----" "Jasper, my dear fellow, gently," said the clergyman, pressing his arm.
"Pshaw!" said the Earl, "I dont care.

I think Constance is well out of it.

Let us drop the subject for the present.

I hear the carriage." "Yes, here it is.