"I mean to have a delightful time flirting, then come back to marry you, and settle down.

Mammy says I can't help getting good, if I live near Miss Janet." "Well, I will wait for you," said Mr.Barbour.

"And now Alice, sing me a sweet old Scotch song.

Sing, ''Twas within half a mile of Edinburgh town'." "I can't come quite so near it as that," said Alice, "but I will sing ''Twas within a mile.'" She sang that, and then "Down the burn Davie." Then Miss Janet proposed 'Auld lang syne,' in which they all joined; in singing the chorus, Mr.Barbour, as usual, got very much excited, and Alice a little tired, so that the music ceased and Alice took her seat by her uncle on the sofa.
"Miss Janet," said Mr.Barbour, "you look better than I have seen you for a long time." "Thank you," said Miss Janet.

"Mr.Washington asked me the other day if I were ever going to die.