"I'll ask him to--to let you marry me." Lucy stared aghast.

Slone appeared in dead earnest.
"Nonsense!" she exclaimed, shortly.
"I reckon the possibility is--that," replied Slone, bitterly, "but my motive isn't." "It is.

Why, you've known me only a few days....

Dad would be mad.

Like as not he'd knock you down....