Sloper cannot accept Morris as a son-in-law. Sloper simply argues that Morris neither has means nor has a profession. Sloper have a rather unpleasant conversation. Morris explains that he finds Catherine charming but Dr. Morris apologizes and explains that Catherine appeared to be emancipated - Morris thought that Catherine had the freedom to choose her own spouse. Sloper tells Morris that he should have come sooner to request permission to marry Catherine. Sloper plans to meet with Morris the next day.ĭr. Sloper is worried that Morris will spend Catherine's fortune just as he spent his own. He simply says that Morris is more interested in Catherine's fortune than he should be. Sloper doesn't go as far as to say that Morris is mercenary. When Catherine asks her father for his reasons against Morris, Dr. Sloper is not very pleased and he says that Catherine should have consulted him. Later in the same night, Catherine approaches her father in his study and tells him that she is engaged to marry Morris Townsend.
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