"In most things, Father John," Peggy replied, "I'd take your help an' be glad. Whatever an' all about that, I'll have nobody's help in the world t' win the mastery o' Dickie Blue. Mark that, now! I means it."
"I've showed you the way t' win it."
"Tis dishonest."
"Ay, but——"
"'Tis shameful."
"Still an' all——"
"I'll not do it."
Again Skipper John scratched his head. "'Tis an old sayin'," he protested, "that all's fair in love an' war."
"'Tis a false sayin'," Peggy declared. "Moreover," she argued, "an I took your advice, an' done the schemin' wickedness that you said, 'twould never win Dickie Blue."
"Jus' you try it, maid!"