But I know my rank, and I know my place; and when a man of my
station gives his word, he sticks to it, sir; and my lady, and my
sisters, may go on their knees all round; and, by Jove, I won't flinch."
The justice of Lord Farintosh's views was speedily proved by the
appearance of his lordship's mother, Lady Glenlivat, whose arrival put a
stop to a conversation which Captain Francis Henchman has often
subsequently narrated. She besought to see her son in terms so urgent,
that the young nobleman could not be denied to his parent; and, no doubt,
a long and interesting interview took place, in which Lord Farintosh's
mother passionately implored him to break off a match upon which he was
as resolutely bent.
Was it a sense of honour, a longing desire to possess this young beauty,
and call her his own, or a fierce and profound dislike to being balked in
any object of his wishes, which actuated the young lord? Certainly he had
borne, very philosophically, delay after delay which had taken place in
the devised union; and being quite sure of his mistress, had not cared to
press on the marriage, but lingered over the dregs of his bachelor cup
complacently still.
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