PIKE
[looking up for a moment, mildly]
Oh, I wouldn't call it a misunderstanding.
HAWCASTLE
It would ill become a father to press upon the subject of his son's merits—
PIKE
[plaintively]
I don't want to talk about him with you—I don't want to hurt your feelings.[pg 102]
HAWCASTLE
Perhaps I might better put it on the ground of your ward's wishes—of certain advantages of position which it is her ambition to attain.