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mamma , did not he say he had consented ? ' ` I said it rested with yourself Lucy . Do not answer me now . Come to me at six o'clock , and tell me , after full reflection , whether I am to consider you as ready to pledge yourself to this young man . ' It was all that could be done . Albinia had a dim hope that the sense of responsibility , and dread of that hard will and selfish temper , might so rise upon Lucy as to startle her , but then , as Mr. Kendal observed , if she should decide against him , she would have used him so extremely ill , that they should feel nothing but shame . ` Yes , ' said Albinia , ` but it would be better to be ashamed of a girl 's folly , than to see her made miserable for life .