"No, he does not know," said Mr. Herder.
"What does his daughter think of it?"
"She looks black at it. I do not know what she is thinking. I do not want to know."
"Ha! What does she say?"
"She says nozing at all; she looks black," said the naturalist shrugging his shoulders. "Don't you go to get married. You will not satisfy nobody."
"Except myself," said Rufus.
"Maybe. I do not know," said the naturalist. "A man has not no right to satisfy himself wizout he can satisfy ozer people too. I am sorry for poor Miss Elisabet'."
"I wonder how many matches would be made upon that rule!" said Rufus, as they parted and Mr. Herder joined the company within.
"They would be all matches made by other people," said
Winthrop.
"And on the principle that 'to-morrow never comes' — the world would come to an end."