Your father refuses a most honourable offer, without even consulting the person principally concerned.

Caroline, my dearest friend, do not permit your noble spirit to be thus bowed down.

Whatever alternative Lord Alphingham may propose becomes lawful, when you are thus cruelly persecuted.

Many secret marriages are happier, very much happier, than those for which the consent of parents have been obtained.

They think only of ambition, interest; how can we expect them to enter into the warmth of youthful feelings?
Do not be frightened at my words, but give them a calm, just deliberation.