"I've time enough yet. I'm in no hurry."
"Pah!" Skipper John snorted. "'Tis a poor stick of a man that's as slow as you at courtin'! No hurry, eh? What ye made of, anyhow? When I was your age——"
"Have done with boastin', sir. I'll not be driven. I'll pick and choose an' satisfy my taste."
"Is Peggy Lacey a wasteful maid?" Skipper John inquired.
"No; she's not a wasteful maid."
"Is she good?"
"She's pious enough for me."
"Is she healthy?"
"Nothin' wrong with her health that anybody ever fetched t' my notice. She seems sound."
"Is she fair?"