"Would you have me a heathen?"
"A heathen!"
"Yes, Miss Fanny; the least which would be expected of a gentleman would be more than I have done, under the circumstances, and with the peculiar relationship between us.
"Oh, yes, cousinship!"
"No, madam, intended wedlock."
"Sir!"
"Come, don't blush so, my heart's delight," said Ralph, "and if the subject is disagreeable, that is, a reference to it in this public manner, I will say no more."
"Hum!"—
"There, now—"
"I think that your impudence—"