The former was,
however, the only apology Harry could make; and evidently the colonel
expected it when he refused to see him.
But why should he refuse to see him?--The doctor was not on an equality
with the colonel. Well, to borrow a form from the Shorter Catechism:
wherein consisted the difference between the colonel and the doctor?--The
difference between the colonel and the doctor consisted chiefly in this,
that whereas the colonel lived by the wits of his ancestors, Harry lived
by his own, and therefore was not so respectable as the colonel. Or in
other words: the colonel inherited a good estate, with the ordinary
quantity of brains; while Harry inherited a good education and an
extraordinary quantity of brains. So of course it was very presumptuous in
Harry to aspire to the hand of Miss Cathcart.
In the forenoon the curate called upon me, and was shown into the library
where I was.
"What's that scapegrace brother of mine been doing, Smith?" he asked, the
moment he entered.
"Wanting to marry Adela," I replied.
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