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‘

Could

I

defend

my

conduct

if

I

did

not

,

sir

?

’

I

returned

,

with

all

humility

.

‘

Can

you

defend

your

conduct

if

you

do

,

sir

?

’

said

Mr

.

Spenlow

,

stopping

short

upon

the

hearth

-

rug

.

‘

Have

you

considered

your

years

,

and

my

daughter

’

s

years

,

Mr

.

Copperfield

?

Have

you

considered

what

it

is

to

undermine

the

confidence

that

should

subsist

between

my

daughter

and

myself

?

Have

you

considered

my

daughter

’

s

station

in

life

,

the

projects

I

may

contemplate

for

her

advancement

,

the

testamentary

intentions

I

may

have

with

reference

to

her

?

Have

you

considered

anything

,

Mr

.

Copperfield

?

’

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‘

Very

little

,

sir

,

I

am

afraid

;

’

I

answered

,

speaking

to

him

as

respectfully

and

sorrowfully

as

I

felt

;

‘

but

pray

believe

me

,

I

have

considered

my

own

worldly

position

.

When

I

explained

it

to

you

,

we

were

already

engaged

—

—

’

‘

I

BEG

,

’

said

Mr

.

Spenlow

,

more

like

Punch

than

I

had

ever

seen

him

,

as

he

energetically

struck

one

hand

upon

the

other

—

I

could

not

help

noticing

that

even

in

my

despair

;

‘

that

YOU

Will

NOT

talk

to

me

of

engagements

,

Mr

.

Copperfield

!

’

The

otherwise

immovable

Miss

Murdstone

laughed

contemptuously

in

one

short

syllable

.

‘

When

I

explained

my

altered

position

to

you

,

sir

,

’

I

began

again

,

substituting

a

new

form

of

expression

for

what

was

so

unpalatable

to

him

,

‘

this

concealment

,

into

which

I

am

so

unhappy

as

to

have

led

Miss

Spenlow

,

had

begun

.

Since

I

have

been

in

that

altered

position

,

I

have

strained

every

nerve

,

I

have

exerted

every

energy

,

to

improve

it

.

I

am

sure

I

shall

improve

it

in

time

.

Will

you

grant

me

time

—

any

length

of

time

?

We

are

both

so

young

,

sir

,

—

—

’

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‘

You

are

right

,

’

interrupted

Mr

.

Spenlow

,

nodding

his

head

a

great

many

times

,

and

frowning

very

much

,

‘

you

are

both

very

young

.

It

’

s

all

nonsense

.

Let

there

be

an

end

of

the

nonsense

.

Take

away

those

letters

,

and

throw

them

in

the

fire

.

Give

me

Miss

Spenlow

’

s

letters

to

throw

in

the

fire

;

and

although

our

future

intercourse

must

,

you

are

aware

,

be

restricted

to

the

Commons

here

,

we

will

agree

to

make

no

further

mention

of

the

past

.

Come

,

Mr

.

Copperfield

,

you

don

’

t

want

sense

;

and

this

is

the

sensible

course

.

’

No

.

I

couldn

’

t

think

of

agreeing

to

it

.

I

was

very

sorry

,

but

there

was

a

higher

consideration

than

sense

.

Love

was

above

all

earthly

considerations

,

and

I

loved

Dora

to

idolatry

,

and

Dora

loved

me

.

I

didn

’

t

exactly

say

so

;

I

softened

it

down

as

much

as

I

could

;

but

I

implied

it

,

and

I

was

resolute

upon

it

.

I

don

’

t

think

I

made

myself

very

ridiculous

,

but

I

know

I

was

resolute

.

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