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For the elder, judging his son by the io directly to Van Heemskirk's house But there

were qualities in Neil which his father forgot to take into

consideration, and their influence was to suggest to the young man how

inappropriate a visit to Katherine would be at that tiry with Katherine He was sure that

she understood his entire devotion to her He could not see any

necessity to set it forth as particularly as a legal contract, in

certain set phrases and with conventional ceremonies

But his father's sarcastic advice annoyed him, and he wanted time to

fully consider his ways He was no physical coward; he was a fine

swordsman, and he felt that it would be a real joy to stand with a drawn

rapier between hie cost him too

much? What if he slew Hyde, and had to leave his love and his home, and

his fine business prospects? To win Katherine and to marry her, in the

face of the man whom he felt that he detested, would not that be the

best of all "satisfactions"?