"Mr.Lusignan," said he, "I hope you will tell her that, from the very first, I was unwilling to enter on this subject with HER.

Neither she nor I can forget my double character.
I have not said half as much to her as I ought, being her physician; and yet you see I have said more than she can bear from me, who, she knows, love her and revere her.

Then, once for all, do pray let me put this delicate matter into your hands: it is a case for parental authority." "Unfatherly tyranny, that means," said Rosa.

"What business have gentlemen interfering in such things?
It is unheard of.

I will not submit to it, even from papa." "Well, you need not scream at me," said Mr.Lusignan; and he shrugged his shoulders to Staines.