The owner of the Locusts had lost the little energy he possessed, by the blow recently received through his son, and his assent to the objection of the clergyman was as easily obtained as had been his consent to the premature proposals of Wellmere.
A fiát ért csapás végképp lecsapolta maradék erejét, Mr. Wharton éppoly könnyen hagyta jóvá a lelkész aggályait, mit valamivel korábban Wellmere-nek kissé elhamarkodott kérését.