"Well, my dear, I don't want to be ill-natured. So you are going at last to marry George, are you? I hope he'll treat you well; that's all. Does your father approve of it?"
"I have told you first, sir;--because I wish to obtain your consent to seeing George again here as your grandson."
"Never," said the old man, snarling;--"never!"
"If he has been wrong, he will beg your pardon."
"If he has been wrong! Didn't he want to squander every shilling of the property,--property which has never belonged to him;--property which I could give to Tom, Dick, or Harry to-morrow, if I liked?--If he has been wrong!"
"I am not defending him, sir;--but I thought that, perhaps, on such an occasion as this--"

"Well, my dear, I don't want to be ill-natured. So you are going to marry George, are you? I hope he'll treat you well, that's all. Does your father approve?"
"I have told you first, sir, because I wish to obtain your consent to receiving George here as your grandson."
"Never," said the old man, snarling; "never!"
"If he has been wrong, he will beg your pardon."
"If he has been wrong! Didn't he want to squander every shilling of the property? -If he has been wrong!"
"I am not defending him, sir; but I thought that, perhaps"
