"I hope you don't object to my admiring your wife?" he said.
"No, it does credit to your taste, but I can't have you flirting with her."
"I assure you my intentions were and are strictly honorable."
"Oh, Alameda will take care of that. I'll tell you what I came about."
"As long as it isn't about a duel, I don't mind," thought Palmer.
"My wife is to have a benefit next Thursday evening. Tickets are a dollar each. How many will you take?"
"I'll take one."
"Better take two. You can scare up some young lady to take with you."
"I don't know many young ladies."