"I see you are in hopeless despondency, but I do not feel like giving over without a struggle—I have too much to lose in Eveline. Shall I try to rescue her?"
"Oh! yes, if you wish to do so."
"And if, by any means, I can circumvent this Hadley, and prevent their union, I have your consent to make her my wife?"
"Certainly."
"And will you interpose parental authority in my behalf?"
"Yes, after this I will."
"I have still one request more to make, and that is, that you will permit me to act in my own way, and according to my own judgment in this matter."
"Do so; I have no advice to give."
"Very well; I am to understand, then, that if by any means I can rescue Eveline from Hadley, she is to be my wife?"
"Yes."