"Young men don't go about with ferns for the sake of the ferns," said Clary. "They were merely an excuse to come and see Mary."
"Why shouldn't he come and see Mary?"
"He has my leave, Patty. I think it would be excellent. Isn't it odd that there should be two Ralph Newtons. One would be Mrs. Newton and the other Mrs. Ralph."
"Clarissa, Clarissa!" said Patience, almost in a tone of agony.
"I'll be a hypocrite if you choose, Patty," said Clarissa, "or I'll be true. But you can't have me both at once." Patience said nothing further then. The lesson of self-restraint which she desired to teach was very hard of teaching.
There was just a word spoken between Sir Thomas and Newton about the property. "I intend to see Ralph Newton, if I can find him," said Ralph who was not the heir.
"I don't think he is far from town," said Sir Thomas.
"My father thinks that we might come to an understanding."
"Perhaps so," said Sir Thomas.
"I have no strong anxiety on the subject myself," said Newton; "but my father thinks that if he does wish to sell his reversion—"