Father told me you could.

How fond he was of his girl! Well, bear in mind that father was proud of you, and hold up your head wherever you are.' 'I will,' she said.
He assured her he had a mind to have a bugle blown at the entrance of the Baths for a challenge to the bathers to match her in warlike accomplishments.
She bit her lips: she could not bear much rallying on the subject just then: 'Which is the hard one to please ?' she asked.
'The one you will find the kinder of the two.' 'Henrietta ?' He nodded.
'Has she a father ?' 'A gallant old admiral: Admiral Baldwin Fakenham.' 'I am glad of that!' Carinthia sighed out heartily.

'And he is with her?
And likes you, Chillon ?' 'On the whole, I think he does.' 'A brave officer!' Such a father would be sure to like him.
So the domestic prospect was hopeful.
At sunset they stood on the hills overlooking the basin of the Baths, all enfolded in swathes of pink and crimson up to the shining grey of a high heaven that had the fresh brightness of the morning.
'We are not tired in the slightest,' said Carinthia, trifling with the vision of a cushioned rest below.

'I could go on through the night quite comfortably.' 'Wait till you wake up in your little bed to-morrow,' Chillon replied stoutly, to drive a chill from his lover's heart, that had seized it at the bare suggestion of their going on..