"
"What are you saying?" broke in her uncle furiously. "He has been my
partner for years, you are reflecting upon me."
"I am sorry, uncle, but I withdraw nothing. Even if Alan here were dead,
I would not marry that man, and perhaps you will make him understand
this," she added with emphasis. "Indeed I had sooner die myself. You
told us also that if I marry against your will, you can take away all
the property that my father left to me. Uncle, I shall not give you that
satisfaction. I shall wait until I am twenty-five and do what I please
with myself and my fortune. Lastly, you said that you forbade us to see
each other or to correspond. I answer that I shall both write to and see
Alan as often as I like. If you attempt to prevent me from doing so,
I shall go to the Court of Chancery, lay all the facts before it, as I
have been advised that I can do--not by Alan--please remember, _all_ the
facts, and ask for its protection and for a separate maintenance out of
my estate until I am twenty-five. I am sure that the Court would grant
me this and would declare that considering his distinguished family and
record Alan is a perfectly proper person to be my affianced husband.
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