The pretty daughter of a retired sea-captain would be certain to be spoilt.
"Josiah, I had also to remember, was a man evidently of weak character.
He would need management.

Now, there was something about Hannah's eye that eminently suggested management.
"At the end of two days my mind was made up.

I wrote 'Hannah' on a slip of paper, and posted it.
"A fortnight afterwards I received a letter from Josiah.

He thanked me for my advice, but added, incidentally, that he wished I could have made it Julia.

However, he said, he felt sure I knew best, and by the time I received the letter he and Hannah would be one.
"That letter worried me.