“Only I don’t think you seem to stand in need of a friend just now,” said Jean laughing.
“Ah! but I may need one before all is done. And you have promised.”
Chapter Fifteen.
Mr Dawson’s Will.
It would doubtless have been agreeable to Mr Dawson had Mr Manners been a richer man than he seemed to be, but he did not allow even to Miss Jean, that this want of money was a serious drawback to the satisfaction he felt in consenting to his daughter’s marriage.
“He is a man whom I like much, and money is a secondary consideration,” said he.
“That’s true,” said Miss Jean.
“Not that he is without means, and he has a good professional income. They will do very well. It is true I havena kenned him long, as ye say; and I dare say ye think I have been in haste with my consent. But just wait a wee. He’ll ha’e your good word. For ye ken a man when ye see him.”