"I don't want you to marry her, Jack," he said.
"Why?"
"I had other plans for you. There are girls in New York who——"
"There are girls everywhere, but only one Silvette Tennant; and I am like you, father."
"You don't show it now," retorted Rivett sharply. "Do you think I'd spoil my chances—no, my certainty in New York, as you are trying to do?"
"You only got as far as Mills Corners, dad; and you had not even seen New York."
"I don't want you to marry her," repeated his father doggedly.
"Why?—once more."
"Because—I don't know anything about her. She gambles, too!"
"Would you care whether the girl you meant to pick out for me plays cards for stakes?"