"O dear no. He's never uncivil. But I'm sure of it. Never mind how. I never told him that I cared for him and I never did care for him. Papa, is there something going to happen?"
"What do you mean?"
"Some misfortune! Oh, papa, why didn't you let me marry that other man?"
"He is a penniless adventurer."
"But he would have had this money that I call my money, and then there would have been enough for us all. Papa, he would marry me still if you would let him."
"Have you seen him since you went to Liverpool?"
"Never, papa."
"Or heard from him?"
"Not a line."
"Then what makes you think he would marry you?"