’Becauseyoutookmein，mylad，inbanishingmetothatcursedcountryunderpretencethatitwasformygood。Youwereapairofhypocritestosayso。Itwasdonetogetridofme——nomorenorless。But，byJerry，I’mamatchforyenow!I’llspoilyoursoulsforpreaching。Mydaughterisgoingtobemarriedtothesquirehere。I’veheardthenews——Isawitinapaper!’
’Itispremature——’
’Iknowitistrue；andI’mherfather，andIshallgiveheraway，orthere’llbeahellofarow，Icanassureye!Isthatwherethegennlemanlives？’
JoshuaHalboroughwrithedinimpotentdespair。Fellmerhadnotyetpositivelydeclaredhimself，hismotherwashardlywonround；ascenewiththeirfatherintheparishwoulddemolishasfairapalaceofhopesaswaseverbuilded。Themillwrightrose。’Ifthat’swherethesquirelivesI’mgoingtocall。JustarrivedfromCanadywithherfortune——ha，ha!Iwishnoharmtothegennleman，andthegennlemanwillwishnoharmtome。ButIliketotakemyplaceinthefamily，andstanduponmyrights，andlowerpeople’spride!’
’You’vesucceededalready!Where’sthatwomanyoutookwithyou——’