Your grandfather and I would be so glad.
She is worthy in every way, and she likes you.

She is a good girl.

She has never frittered her heart away; and she would make you proud of her." She reached out an anxious hand, and touched his shoulder.

His eyes were playing with the pattern of the carpet; but he slowly raised them to hers, and looked for a moment without speaking.

Suddenly, in spite of himself, he laughed--laughed outright, but not loudly.
Marriage?
Yes, here was the touchstone.