"Oh, I can't, I can't. Do let the matter drop."
"Think it over," the old man said. "Look at it from every point of view. Remember that the love of an honest man is not to be lightly spurned. I am naturally anxious about it, for my future happiness, as well as his, depends upon your decision."
John Girdlestone was fairly satisfied with this interview. It seemed to him that his ward was rather less decided in her refusal at the end of it, and that his words had had some effect upon her, which might possibly increase with reflection.
"Give her a little time now," was his advice to his son. "I think she will come round, but she needs managing."
"If I could get the money without taking her it would be better for me," Ezra said with an oath.
"And better for her too," remarked John Girdlestone grimly.