Each officer of the Badger who saw their captain in company with the fair one to whom their gallant attentions had been so freely offered, now felt that in love as well as in accordance with the regulations of the service, he must give place to his captain.

Moreover, when that captain took upon himself, the very next day, to call at the residence of Mr.Delaplaine, and repeated the visit upon the next day and the following, the crestfallen young fellows were compelled to acknowledge that there were other houses in the town where it might be better worth their while to spend their leisure hours.
Captain Vince was not a man to be lightly interfered with, whether he happened to be engaged in the affairs of Mars or Cupid.

He was of a resolute mind, and of a person more than usually agreeable to the female eye.

He was about forty years of age, of an excellent English family, and with good expectations.

He considered himself an admirable judge of women, but he had never met one who so thoroughly satisfied his aesthetic taste as this fair niece of the merchant Delaplaine.