“You dare me?”
“I do.”
“Marry, then, and take the consequences.”
“If there were any, you would not thus warn me of them.”
“John Day, you are no gentleman!”
“I shall not ask your definition of a gentleman, madam.”
“Your father was a clown!”
“If my father were present, he would show himself a gentleman by making you no answer. If you say a word more against him, I will leave the room.”
“I tell you your father was a clown and a fool—like yourself!”
John turned and went to the stable, had old Sturdy saddled, and came to me.