Isa blushed ever so faintly as she commenced her answer. "Yes,
uncle, I do wish the same thing. What he wishes, I wish."

"Very likely,--very likely."

"Don't be scornful to me, uncle. When two people love each other,
it is natural that each should wish that which the other earnestly
desires."

"Oh, very natural, my dear, that you should wish to get married!"

"Uncle Hatto, I did not think that you would be unkind to me, though
I knew that you would be stern."

"Well, go on. What have you to say? I am not stern; but I have no
doubt you will think me unkind. People are always unkind who do not
do what they are asked."

"Papa says that Herbert Onslow is some day to become a partner in
the bank."

"That depends on certain circumstances. Neither I nor your papa can
say whether he will or no."

But Isa went on as though she had not heard the last reply. "I have
come to ask you to admit him as a partner at once."

"Ah, I supposed so;--just as you might ask me to give you a new
ribbon."