He wasn't going to stand any more
nonsense. He was entitled to an answer, and he knew that he was entitled,
by his rank and position, to a favourable answer. Here was a girl who, as
far as he knew, was without a shilling, of whose birth and parentage
nobody knew anything, who had nothing but her beauty to recommend her--
nothing but that and a certain capacity for carrying herself in the world
as he thought ladies should carry themselves; and she was to give herself
airs with him, and expect him to propose to her half a dozen times! By
George! he had a very good mind to go away and let her find out her
mistake. And he would have done so--only that he was a man who always
liked to have all that he wanted. It was intolerable to him that anybody
should refuse him anything. "Miss Roanoke," he said; and then he paused.
"Sir Griffin," said Lucinda, bowing her head.
"Perhaps you will condescend to remember what I had the honour of saying
to you as we rode into Kilmarnock last Wednesday."
"I had just been dragged out of a river, Sir Griffin, and I don't think
any girl ought to be asked to remember what was said to her in that
condition.
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