"Then I'll be hanged if I don't prosecute him for stealing it."
"Oh, papa, don't do that;--pray don't do that. He didn't steal it. I only gave it him to take care of for us. He'll give it you back again."
"I shouldn't wonder if he lost it at cards, and therefore didn't go to Liverpool. Will you give me your word that you'll never attempt to marry him again if I don't prosecute him?" Marie considered. "Unless you do that I shall go to a magistrate at once."

"Then I'll be hanged if I don't prosecute him for stealing it."
"Oh, papa, don't do that. He didn't steal it. I only gave it him to take care of for us. He'll give it you back again."
"I shouldn't wonder if he lost it at cards, and therefore didn't go to Liverpool. Will you give me your word that you'll never try to marry him again if I don't prosecute him?"
