'Very well, find him and tell him. Then go and see your own father and ask him for the money. After that, if you like, you may come back here and tell me how you have succeeded.'
I bade her good-bye, and went off to find her father.
He was in the act of leaving the stockyard when I encountered him, and I suppose he must have seen from my face that I had news for him—for, when he had shaken hands with me, he stepped back to the rails and leaned against them.
'Now, James,' he said, 'what is it ye have to tell me?'
'Something I'm rather doubtful whether you'll like,' I answered, wondering how to begin.
'Supposing I can guess already,' he said, with a smile. 'Ye have been a long time with Sheilah!'
'I have been deciding a very important matter!' I replied.
'Have ye accepted her offer?'
'I have; but how do you know that she had made one?' I answered.