"That is a flash of the proper spirit.
Allow me to put it on you." "No!" said the Girl.

"Not yet! After a while! I want to hold it in my hands, where I can see it!" "Now there is one other thing," said the Harvester.
"If I had known for any length of time that this day was coming and bringing you, as most men know when a girl is to be given into their care, I could have made it different.

As it is, I've done the best I knew.

All your after life I hope you will believe this: Just that if you missed anything to-day that would have made it easier for you or more pleasant, the reason was because of my ignorance of women and the conventions, and lack of time.

I want you to know and to feel that in my heart those vows I took were real.