Lammeter isn't likely to be loath
for his daughter to marry into my family, I should think. And as for
the pretty lass, she wouldn't have her cousin- and there's nobody
else, as I see, could ha' stood in your way.'
'I'd rather let it be, please sir, at present,' said Godfrey, in
alarm. 'I think she's a little offended with me just now, and I should
like to speak for myself. A man must manage these things for himself.'
'Well, speak then and manage it, and see if you can't turn over a
new leaf. That's what a man must do when he thinks o' marrying.'
'I don't see how I can think of it at present, sir. You wouldn't
like to settle me on one of the farms, I suppose, and I don't think
she'd come to live in this house with all my brothers. It's a
different sort of life to what she's been used to.'
'Not come to live in this house? Don't tell me. You ask her, that's
all,' said the Squire, with a short, scornful laugh.
'I'd rather let the thing be, at present, sir,' said Godfrey. 'I
hope you won't try to hurry it on by saying anything.'
'I shall do what I choose,' said the Squire, 'and I shall let you
know I'm master; else you may turn out and find an estate to drop into
somewhere else. Go out and tell Winthrop not to go to Cox's, but
wait for me. And tell 'em to get my horse saddled. And stop: look
out and get that hack o' Dunsey's sold, and hand me the money, will
you? He'll keep no more hacks at my expense.
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