"Facts?"
"A fact."
"Facts are sometimes very unpleasant."
"I hope the fact I want you to face isn't exactly that—if it is ... then I'm ... a jolly miserable chap. Miss Morton—Meg—you must see how it is with me—you must know that you're dearer to me than anything on earth. I think your father tumbled to it—and I don't think he minded ... that I should want you for my wife."
"My poor little papa would be relieved to think that anyone could...."
"Could what?"
"Care for me ... in that way."
"Nonsense! But I'm exceedingly glad to have met your father."
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to meet him."