If it is Hugh Ingelow, you will forgive him all ?" "Miriam, see here: why are you so anxious I should forgive this man ?" "Because I want to see you some respectable man's wife; because I want to see you safely settled in life, and no longer left to your own caprices, or those of Carl Walraven.

If you love this Hugh Ingelow, and marry him, you may probably become a rational being and a sensible matron yet." Mollie made a wry face.
"The last thing I ever want to be.

And I don't believe half a dozen husbands would ever transform me into a 'sensible matron.' But go on, all the same.

I'm open to suggestion.

What do you want me to do ?" "Address this man.