For a while he could not speak, but when he began at length the words came fast enough.

All that he said I forget, but the upshot of it was that he desired to know what my business was with his daughter.

I waited till he was out of breath, then answered him that Lily and I loved each other well, and were plighting our troth.
'Is this so, daughter ?' he asked.
'It is so, my father,' she answered boldly.
Then he broke out swearing.

'You light minx,' he said, 'you shall be whipped and kept cool on bread and water in your chamber.

And for you, my half-bred Spanish cockerel, know once and for all that this maid is for your betters.