\'Youhaveseenhisletterscometomeeversincehisfirstvisit，papa，andyouknewtheywereasortof——love-letters；andsincehehasbeenhereyouhavelethimbealonewithmealmostentirely；
andyouguessed，youmusthaveguessed，whatwewerethinkingof，anddoing，andyoudidn\'tstophim。Nexttolove-makingcomeslove-winning，andyouknewitwouldcometothat，papa。\'
Thevicarparriedthiscommon-sensethrust。\'Iknow——sinceyoupressmeso——IknowIdidguesssomechildishattachmentmightarisebetweenyou；IownIdidnottakemuchtroubletopreventit；butIhavenotparticularlycountenancedit；and，Elfride，howcanyouexpectthatIshouldnow？Itisimpossible；nofatherinEnglandwouldhearofsuchathing。\'
\'Butheisthesameman，papa；thesameineveryparticular；andhowcanhebelessfitformethanhewasbefore？\'
\'Heappearedayoungmanwithwell-to-dofriends，andalittleproperty；buthavingneither，heisanotherman。\'