assured as
his future
inheritance.
James
expressed
himself on
the
occasion
with
becoming
gratitude;
and the
necessity
of waiting
between
two and
three
years
before
they could
marry,
being,
however
unwelcome,
no more
than he
had
expected,
was borne
by him
without
discontent.
Catherine,
whose
expectations
had been
as unfixed
as her
ideas of
her
father’s
income,
and whose
judgment
was now
entirely
led by her
brother,
felt
equally
