"Lizzy," said her father, "I have given him my consent.
He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never dare refuse any
thing, which he condescended to ask. I now give it to you, if you are
resolved on having him. But let me advise you to think better of it. I
know your disposition, Lizzy. I know that you could be neither happy nor
respectable, unless you truly esteemed your husband; unless you looked
up to him as a superior. Your lively talents would place you in the
greatest danger in an unequal marriage. You could scarcely escape
discredit and misery. My child, let me not have the grief of seeing you
unable to respect your partner in life. You know not what you are about."
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