"Grandfather!"
"—and you easy to convince that you ought to make reparation."
Ethan seemed to have ears only for the first part of this accusation. He spoke through Mr. Tallmadge's last words with a passionate shake in his voice.
"It's quite plain, at all events, grandfather, that I love her, and that nothing in heaven or on earth can part us."
"Of course—of course. A fortnight—a girl you barely knew by sight!"
"I know her absolutely. There isn't another like her on this earth."
"And you want me to believe you've spoken to her only three or four times in your life?"
"I don't specially want you to believe it, but it's true."
"Who could you find to marry you?"
"Who could I—to marry me?" He looked as if he had begun to doubt the old man's sanity. "Why, I've never asked anybody but Almira."