Grab hold of the pommel now so you won't get thrown! I'm going to pitch!...

When I get well--able to ride and go about, which Ben says will be in the spring--I'll send for my father to come to White Slides.

He'll come.

Then I'll tell him everything, and if Ben and I can't win him to our side then _you_ can.
Father never could resist you.

When he has fallen in love with you, which won't take long, then we'll go to old Bill Belllounds and lay the case before him.