A little flirtation between young people--" "Should be encouraged, my darling," interrupted Chapman.
"I was going to say," she continued, "was not objectionable.

But when looks come to be serious, the equality of things should be enquired into.

Time's a coming when we may be rich, and live in New York, and be somebody, and move with the best of people.

I looks forward to it, my dear; and I am sure the enterprises we have on hand will be a success.
It will never do to marry our daughter to a sailor-boy, to say nothing of connecting ourselves to a common Dutch family--" "You talk like a philosopher, my darling; but I have known worse things done, and great results flow from them.

That young man promises well, and as for old Hanz, he is a man of more importance than you think.
Some of these Dutch people are slow, but solid," rejoined Chapman, shutting up the book.