Excerpt from A Self-Denying Ordinance How can you be so absurd, John 4 said Mrs. Conway sharply. He has come to look after his property, of course. Just tell me, did he, or his father or grandfather before him, ever come to this part of the world before I should say his property here brings him in almost sixteen pounds a year, and if this is an item in his income sufficiently impor tant to warrant looking after for six months, I don't wonder he found the Guards rather expensive. It is most unchristian to take away the poor young man's character in this way. I am sure, if you have anything really against him, I am the very last person who would have any thing to say to him, said Mrs. Conway. I am quite sure of that, agreed her husband, with emphasis, but I have nothing to say, except that, if you stay here much longer, I shall be ready to take away the character of my whole acquaintance. I assure you I will make full inquiries when he comes to me for Joanna's hand, and perhaps that will be soon enough. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.