"Do not leave them. Go with them. Pursue the course you originally intended, just as though nothing had happened. If after your tour is finished you find that your feelings are as strong as ever, and that she is as dear to you as you say, then you may return here."
"And you?"
"I think all objections may be removed."
"It will take some weeks to finish our tour."
"Some weeks! Oh, do not return under three months at least."
"Three months! that is very long!"
"Not too long. The time will soon pass away. If you do not really love her you will be glad at having escaped; if you do you will rejoice at having proved your sincerity."
Some further conversation passed, after which Dick, finding the priest inflexible, ceased to persuade, and acceded to his proposal.
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