He laughed so heartily and so long that she sat up to look at him. "I don't know what's amusing you," she said.
"It's so extraordinarily like you!"
"Oh!"
"And why don't you think her suitable?"
"From things Daniel has told me."
"Oh, Daniel is an old maid. She's ugly and disagreeable, but she delivers messages accurately, and that's all I care about. Don't believe all Daniel's stories."
"They worry me," she said.
"Do you worry about every one's affairs?" he asked, and feared she would hear the jealousy in his voice.
"I know so few people, you see. Oughtn't I to?"
"I'm humbly thankful," he said with a light gravity.