"You wouldn't wonder if you took the trouble to reflect, Mr.Chesyl," she said.
He laughed easily.

"Oh, don't ask me to do that! You know what a sluggish brain mine is.

I can quite understand your not wanting to marry me, but why you should want to marry a farmer--like Jeff Ironside--I cannot see." "Who is Jeff Ironside ?" she demanded.
"He's the chap who owns this property.

Didn't you know?
A frightfully energetic person; prosperous, too, for a wonder.

But an absolute tinker, my dear.