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Rh "Say no more," exclaimed Lady Anne; "you shall never have my consent." "Do not," cried her daughter, "force me into marrying without it." "I will not have Charles Penrhyn's name," exclaimed Lady Anne, "ever mentioned in this house again. What can a girl want to be married for, unless the marriage be a good one?" "Such do I consider mine," said Louisa. "I love Charles—I have long loved him. In birth, education, and position, there is perfect equality between us, while Mr. Glentworth's kindness has placed him in a situation which enables us to marry with that prudence, which neither would neglect for the sake of the other." "What business," cried Lady Anne, peevishly, "had Mr. Glentworth to interfere in the matter?" "Do not blame him," exclaimed her daughter; "he knew then he was making me happy." "What nonsense," said her ladyship, growing more and more angry, "it is to talk about being happy!" "I trust," replied Louisa, "you will allow Mr. Penrhyn to try and persuade you." "He shall never enter my house," returned her mother, "to mar your prospects in this manner. Lady Penrhyn was telling me last night that you had a very fair chance of Lord Casilda." "A man old enough to be my grandfather," cried Louisa; "I must tell you once for all, I will marry