But there is no use talking about that! At first she would n't regard me seriously; she chaffed me and made light of me.

But at last I forced her to admit I was a great man.

Think of that, sir! Christina Light called me a great man.

A great man was what she was looking for, and we agreed to find our happiness for life in each other.

To please me she promised not to marry till I gave her leave.