"Deleah is a sweet girl, Francis; but in a marriage there is more than
that to consider."
"Yes. There is a good deal to consider; but it is for Reggie and the girl
to consider--not for me."
"But surely you, too, Francis!"
"Well, then, I have considered."
"It is not Reggie alone--but all of us. You must think for all of us,
Francis. You always have done. It is not a connection to desire."
"I agree with you. The last in the world to desire. But it concerns the
pair of them, primarily. He is--he no doubt believes he is--in love with
her; and she is, I suppose, in love with him. No one has the right to
interfere."
"Think how differently you married, Francis! A rich girl of high family."
"I did not marry for that. It happened--that was all. I married Marion for
the same reason that impels Reggie to marry this girl. I remember how
little such things weighed with me in my marriage; how, once having felt
the inclination to marry her, I should have married my wife all the same
if she had been, say, the daughter of William Day. It is because I
remember that I decline any longer to interfere, or to take upon my
shoulders any responsibility in this matter."
"You are wrong, Francis. Reggie won't thank you for it, later on.
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