"She shall not marry him!"
"I don't want to be undutiful or go against the fifth commandment, mother, which tells us, very properly, to honor our father and mother; but, really, you are wrong in this case."
"Why, may I ask?"
"Mr. Harkaway is an honorable and elegant gentleman in every sense of the word, and by no means a pauper. He can support Lena just as well as you have supported her, and there is no reason why he should not marry her."
Mrs. Vanhoosen tried to speak, but her rising temper rendered her speechless.
Lena began to cry, and put her handkerchief to eyes.
"Oh!" she sobbed; "I shall never see him again."
Alfred Vanhoosen patted her on the cheek with brotherly affection.
"Yes, you will, sis," he replied.
"Oh, no! never, never!"