"I go to bury Patsy in the potter's field."
"I go to bury Caleb in my affections, that he may be resurrected a man."
Noah kissed his daughter three times.
"The first," said he, "is for your mother, who was a wise woman."
"In marrying you, father? I never heard her say so in her curtain lectures. Why didn't you say she was a brave woman?"
"Don't be frivolous, child."
"Cling to facts, father. Remember, you will soon be on the brink of the grave."
"The second is for your innocence," said he, kissing her again. "The third—the third——"
"Is for what, father? Say it's to encourage Caleb in his wooing. Say it, father."