"I have, father."
"It is irrevocable?"
"It is irrevocable."
"I will still not hold you to it," said Mr. Manners. "It would grieve me in the future to think that the matter was too hastily decided. You owe me some kind of obedience, some kind of duty."
"I acknowledge it, father. In all that becomes me to yield you shall have no cause of complaint against me."
"Very well. Let there be some slight pause before the final word is pronounced. Remain here a week, and give the matter a calmer and longer deliberation. Its issues are sufficiently important to make my request reasonable."
"I will do as you wish, father," said Kingsley, after a slight hesitation, "on two conditions."
"Name them."
"First, that you do not invite my cousin, Mark Inglefield, here during the time."
"I agree."