The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
His uncle laughed, and rubbed his hands, exceedingly amused at this rhapsody, and said, with the most provoking coolness,--  'I shall not increase your flame by stirring the fire--you are still but a youth--and it is very natural that you should have a love fit--all, therefore, that I mean to say at present is, take time--consider--reflect on the fortune you may obtain, and contrast it with the penury and dependence to which your father and mother exposed themselves by the rash indulgence of an inconsiderate attachment.'