William and Dora; William was his son,
And she his niece—"
We remember how the stern old man desired that the cousins should marry, and we know that while Dora would willingly give her heart to William, he is cold to her. We recall his scene with his father and how he said—
"I cannot marry Dora; by my life
I will not marry Dora." Then the old man
Was wroth, and doubled up his hands, and said:—
"You will not, boy! you dare to answer thus!
But in my father's time a father's word was law,
And so it shall be now for me."
