She's a pretty girl, and as good as gold." "Yes, she is." "I don't pretend to be very much in love with her.

It's not my way, you know.

But, some of these days, I shall ask her to have me, and I suppose it'll all go right.

The governor has distinctly promised to allow me eight hundred a year off the estate, and to take us in for three months every year if we wish it.

I told him simply that I couldn't do it for less, and he agreed with me." "You and he get on very well together." "Oh, yes! There's never been any fal-lal between us about love, and duty, and all that.