"We can work."
"What can he do, who is good for nothing?"
"He is good to catch game for master's table, anyway; you slander poor Gilbert, who is full of attention for you."
"He does his duty as a servant——"
"Nay; he is not a servant; he is never paid."
"He is son of a farmer of ours; he is kept and does nothing for it; so, he steals his support. But what are you aiming at to defend so warmly a boy whom nobody attacks?"
"I never thought you would attack him! it is just the other way about!" with a bitter smile.
"Something more I do not understand."
"Because you do not want to."
"Enough! I have no leisure for your riddles. You want my consent to this marriage?"