discussion about it; let
us agree amongst each other, and decide the point at once."

"This is acting on first wordnetdesire; you must take days to consider
such a matter, ere your word can be regarded as valid."

"Oh!  if all you doubt is my , I am easy:  you see the
justice of the case?"

"I DO see a certain justice; but it is contrary to all custom.
Besides, the entire fortune is your right:  my uncle gained it by
his own efforts; he was free to leave it to whom he would:  he left
it to you.  After all, justice permits you to keep it:  you may,
with a clear , consider it absolutely your own."

"With me," said I, "it is fully as much a matter of feeling as
of :  I must indulge my ; I so seldom have had
an opportunity of doing so.  Were you to argue, object, and annoy
me for a year, I could not forego the delicious  of which
I have caught a glimpse -- that of repaying, in part, a mighty
obligation, and winning to myself lifelong friends."

"You think so now," rejoined St. John, "because you do not know
what it