"Then if I marry at all," said Roger, with all his prejudice expressed strongly in his voice, "I trust I may not marry a lady of her country. She does not think that she is to marry you, and yet she comes down here and stays with you. Paul, I don't believe it. I believe you, but I don't believe her. She is here with you in order that she may marry you. She is cunning and strong. You are foolish and weak. Believing as I do that marriage with her would be destruction, I should tell her my mind,--and leave her." Paul at the moment thought of the gentleman in Oregon, and of certain difficulties in leaving. "That's what I should do. 
"Then I trust I may not marry a lady of her country," said Roger. "She is here with you in order to marry you. She is cunning and strong. You are foolish and weak. You should tell her your mind - and leave her."
Paul thought of the gentleman in Oregon, and of certain difficulties in leaving.
"That's what I should do," said Roger. 