Such a promising young man, he is.

That voyage will make a man of him; who knows but he may come home with a large fortune.

I have known stranger things than that.

I have been encouraging a little love affair between him and my daughter Mattie.

You have seen my Mattie?
She is clever, wonderfully smart, handsome, too; and if she gets the right kind of a husband, will shine in society." "My poor boy, my poor boy!" exclaimed Angeline, her eyes filling with tears at the mention of his name.