her- 
self." 

Mabyn began to breathe a little more quickly. She had 
tried to be reasonable ; she had even humbled herself and 
begged from him ; now there was a  in her chest as 
of some rising  that demanded expression in quick 
words." 

" You will try to make her marry you ? " said she, looking 
him in the face. 

" I will try to do nothing of the sort," said he. " She can 
do as she likes. But she knows what an honorable woman 
would do." 

" And I," said Mabyn, her wordnetanger at length quite getting 
the better of her, " I know what an honorable man would do. 
He would refuse to bind a girl to a promise which she wordnetfear. 
He would consider her  to be of more importance 
than his . Why, I don't believe you  at all 
whether Wenna marries you or not  it is only you can't bear 
her being married to the man she really does wordnetdesire  it is only 
, that's what it is. Oh ! I am ashamed to think there is 
a man alive who would force a girl into becoming his wife on 
such terms  " 

" There is certainly one considerable objection to my 
marrying your sister," said he, with great politeness.