She understands me fully, and although at first she was a little inclined to fight, she soon--she soon--well, she knuckled under gracefully when she found she must." "Did she consent to the marriage ?" I asked, well knowing that even if she had consented in words, she had no thought of doing so in deed.
"Y-e-s," returned Sir George, hesitatingly.
"I congratulate you," I replied.
"I shall grieve to lose Doll," the old man slowly continued with perceptible signs of emotion.

"I shall grieve to lose my girl, but I am anxious to have the wedding over.

You see, Malcolm, of late I have noticed signs of wilfulness in Doll that can be more easily handled by a husband than by a father.

Marriage and children anchor a woman, you know.

In truth, I have opened my eyes to the fact that Doll is growing dangerous.
I'gad, the other day I thought she was a child, but suddenly I learn she is a woman.