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'
Difficult
to
answer
it
,
Yes
or
No
,
father
?
'
Certainly
,
my
dear
.
Because
;
'
here
was
something
to
demonstrate
,
and
it
set
him
up
again
;
'
because
the
reply
depends
so
materially
,
Louisa
,
on
the
sense
in
which
we
use
the
expression
.
Now
,
Mr.
Bounderby
does
not
do
you
the
injustice
,
and
does
not
do
himself
the
injustice
,
of
pretending
to
anything
fanciful
,
fantastic
,
or
(
I
am
using
synonymous
terms
)
sentimental
.
Mr.
Bounderby
would
have
seen
you
grow
up
under
his
eyes
,
to
very
little
purpose
,
if
he
could
so
far
forget
what
is
due
to
your
good
sense
,
not
to
say
to
his
,
as
to
address
you
from
any
such
ground
.
Therefore
,
perhaps
the
expression
itself
--
I
merely
suggest
this
to
you
,
my
dear
--
may
be
a
little
misplaced
.
'
'
What
would
you
advise
me
to
use
in
its
stead
,
father
?
'
'
Why
,
my
dear
Louisa
,
'
said
Mr.
Gradgrind
,
completely
recovered
by
this
time
,
'
I
would
advise
you
(
since
you
ask
me
)
to
consider
this
question
,
as
you
have
been
accustomed
to
consider
every
other
question
,
simply
as
one
of
tangible
Fact
.
The
ignorant
and
the
giddy
may
embarrass
such
subjects
with
irrelevant
fancies
,
and
other
absurdities
that
have
no
existence
,
properly
viewed
--
really
no
existence
--
but
it
is
no
compliment
to
you
to
say
,
that
you
know
better
.
Now
,
what
are
the
Facts
of
this
case
?
You
are
,
we
will
say
in
round
numbers
,
twenty
years
of
age
;
Mr.
Bounderby
is
,
we
will
say
in
round
numbers
,
fifty
.
There
is
some
disparity
in
your
respective
years
,
but
in
your
means
and
positions
there
is
none
;
on
the
contrary
,
there
is
a
great
suitability
.
Then
the
question
arises
,
Is
this
one
disparity
sufficient
to
operate
as
a
bar
to
such
a
marriage
?
In
considering
this
question
,
it
is
not
unimportant
to
take
into
account
the
statistics
of
marriage
,
so
far
as
they
have
yet
been
obtained
,
in
England
and
Wales
.
I
find
,
on
reference
to
the
figures
,
that
a
large
proportion
of
these
marriages
are
contracted
between
parties
of
very
unequal
ages
,
and
that
the
elder
of
these
contracting
parties
is
,
in
rather
more
than
three-fourths
of
these
instances
,
the
bridegroom
.
It
is
remarkable
as
showing
the
wide
prevalence
of
this
law
,
that
among
the
natives
of
the
British
possessions
in
India
,
also
in
a
considerable
part
of
China
,
and
among
the
Calmucks
of
Tartary
,
the
best
means
of
computation
yet
furnished
us
by
travellers
,
yield
similar
results
.
The
disparity
I
have
mentioned
,
therefore
,
almost
ceases
to
be
disparity
,
and
(
virtually
)
all
but
disappears
.
'
'
What
do
you
recommend
,
father
,
'
asked
Louisa
,
her
reserved
composure
not
in
the
least
affected
by
these
gratifying
results
,
'
that
I
should
substitute
for
the
term
I
used
just
now
?
For
the
misplaced
expression
?
'
'
Louisa
,
'
returned
her
father
,
'
it
appears
to
me
that
nothing
can
be
plainer
.
Confining
yourself
rigidly
to
Fact
,
the
question
of
Fact
you
state
to
yourself
is
:
Does
Mr.
Bounderby
ask
me
to
marry
him
?
Yes
,
he
does
.
The
sole
remaining
question
then
is
:
Shall
I
marry
him
?
I
think
nothing
can
be
plainer
than
that
?
'
'
Shall
I
marry
him
?
'
repeated
Louisa
,
with
great
deliberation
.
'
Precisely
.
And
it
is
satisfactory
to
me
,
as
your
father
,
my
dear
Louisa
,
to
know
that
you
do
not
come
to
the
consideration
of
that
question
with
the
previous
habits
of
mind
,
and
habits
of
life
,
that
belong
to
many
young
women
.
'
