They were happy, foolish, and speechless.
If Kate shared in the merriment of the others--Heckewelder could not conceal his, and Nell did not try very hard to hide hers--she never allowed a suspicion of it to escape.

She kept the easy, even tenor of her life, always kind and gracious in her quaint way, and precisely the same to both her lovers.

No doubt she well knew that each possessed, under all his rough exterior, a heart of gold.
One day the genial Heckewelder lost, or pretended to lose, his patience.
"Say, you worthy gentlemen are becoming ornamental instead of useful.

All this changing of coats, trimming of mustaches, and eloquent sighing doesn't seem to have affected the young lady.

I've a notion to send you both to Maumee town, one hundred miles away.
This young lady is charming, I admit, but if she is to keep on seriously hindering the work of the Moravian Mission I must object.
As for that matter, I might try conclusions myself.