"Isn't she too sensible ?" His father's eye twinkled, but he restrained himself.

This, he felt, was not an occasion upon which to indulge his powers of sarcasm.
"Upon my word, if you want my opinion, I believe she will; but you have to ask her first.

Look here, my boy, be advised by me, and do it as soon as possible.

The notion is rather new to me, I admit; but, taking her all round, where would you find a better woman?
You and I don't always agree about things; we are of a different generation, and look at the world from different standpoints.

But I think that at the bottom we respect each other, and I am sure," he added with a touch of restrained dignity, "that we are naturally and properly attached to each other.