"Damn him! He has always opposed me.

He has always defied my power, and now his daughter has entrapped my son.

So it's her you want to go to, eh?
Well, I can't make you marry a girl you don't want, but I can prevent you throwing yourself away on the daughter of a man who is about to be publicly disgraced, and, by God, I will." "Poor old Rossmore," said Jefferson bitterly.

"If the history of every financial transaction were made known, how many of us would escape public disgrace?
Would you ?" he cried.
Ryder, Sr., rose, his hands working dangerously.

He made a movement as if about to advance on his son, but by a supreme effort he controlled himself.
"No, upon my word, it's no use disinheriting you, you wouldn't care.