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"And how much will you hand over to the man of _her_ choice when
she marries him?" enquired the young man.
"You will be her choice," said the other, without the quiver of an
eye-lash.
"How can you be sure of that? Has she no mind of her own?"
"It isn't incomprehensible that she should fall in love with you, is
it?"
"It might be possible, of course, provided she is not already in love
with some one else."
Mr. Blithers started. "Have you heard any one say that--but, that's
nonsense! She's not in love with any one, take it from me. And just
to show you how fair I am to her--and to you--I'll stake my head you
fall in love with each other before you've been together a week."
"But we're not going to be together for a week."
"I should have said before you've known each other a week. You will
find--"
"Just a moment, please. We can cut all this very short, and go about
our business. I've never seen your daughter, nor, to my knowledge,
has she ever laid eyes on me. From what I've heard of her, she _has_ a
mind of her own.


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