If you're going to bar a woman from being a wife 'til she knows what you mean by love, you'll stop about nine tenths of the weddings in the world, and t'other tenth will be women that no decent-minded man would jine with." "Granny, are you sure ?" "Well livin' through it, and up'ard of seventy years with other women, ort to teach me something.

The Girl offered you all any man needs to ast or git.

Her foundations was laid in faith and trust.

Her affections was caught by every loving, tender, thoughtful thing you did for her; and everybody knows you did a-plenty, David.

I never see sech a master hand at courtin' as you be.