"You have got just ten minutes to make up your minds. If you don't agree to marry my daughters, I will come back in ten minutes and wring your necks."
Gideon left the room and locked the door.
"What shall we do?" said Love.
"He has locked the door," said Dove.
"He'll murder us!" said Bliss.
"We had better marry the young ladies," said Love.
"You will take Cleopatra," said Dove.
"And you will take Theodosia," said Love.
"And Bliss will marry Sophonisba," said Dove.
The three little men now held a hurried consultation, and were unanimously in favor of matrimony, when Gideon opened the door.