In the mean time, however, he was in possession of certain
details concerning Joe's fortune which could be of use, and he accordingly
set about encouraging Ronald's affections in any direction they might
take, so long as they were not set upon his cousin. He was not surprised
that Ronald should fall in love with Sybil, though he almost wished the
choice could have fallen upon some one else, and accordingly he did
everything in his power to make life in Newport agreeable for the young
Englishman. It was convenient in some respects that the wooing should take
place at so central a resort; but had the case been different, Vancouver
would not have hesitated to go to Saratoga, Lenox, or Mount Desert, in the
prosecution of his immediate purpose, which was to help Ronald to marry
any living woman rather than let him return to England a bachelor.
When Ronald should be married, Joe would be in possession of three
quarters of her uncle's money--a very considerable fortune. If she was
human, thought Vancouver, she would be eternally grateful to him for
ridding her of her cousin, whom she evidently did not wish to marry, and
for helping her thereby to so much wealth.
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