“A little. I have my father’s consent to my affection and engagement. If I had not, I should try to obtain it.”
“And if you could not?”
“I should try to conquer my affection.”
“What! and leave your lover to suppose you faithless, changeable, treacherous? I will not.”
“Yes. If it is not right to love, it matters little what he thinks of you, in comparison of doing right. Your duty is to conquer an improper, unauthorized affection, and the sooner the better.”
“But it is not improper; it is right to love as I do.”
“Then tell your father, Dora.”
“I dare not—he will not think it right.”
“Nay, then it is wrong.”
“Cruel, cruel Hilary!”