Of course it would be for him, Stanbury, to marry the girl he
loved in opposition to her father. Her father indeed! If Nora chose to
take him--and as to that he was very doubtful as to Nora's wisdom--but if
Nora would take him, what was any father's opposition to him. He wanted
nothing from Nora's father. He was not looking for money with his wife,
nor for fashion, nor countenance. Such a Bohemian was he that he would
be quite satisfied if his girl would walk out to him, and become his
wife, with any morning-gown on and with any old hat that might come,
readiest to hand. He wanted neither cards, nor breakfast, nor
carriages, nor fine clothes. If his Nora should choose to come to him
as she was, he having had all previous necessary arrangements duly made,
such as calling of banns or procuring of licence, if possible, he
thought that a father's opposition would almost add something to the
pleasure of the occasion. So he pitched the letter on one side, and
went on with his article. And he finished his article; but it may be
doubted whether it was completed with the full strength and pith needed
for moving the pulses of the national mind as they should be moved by
leading articles in the D.
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