Paul Ruttledge. Sabina, have you been always on the road with Charlie Ward and the others?
Sabina Silver. I have, indeed.
Paul Ruttledge. And you'd make a good tinker's wife?
Sabina Silver. You're joking me, but I would be a better wife for a tinker than for anyone else.
Paul Ruttledge. Sabina, will you marry me?
Sabina Silver. Oh! but I'd be afraid.
Paul Ruttledge. Why, Sabina?
Sabina Silver. I'd be afraid you'd beat me.
Charlie Ward. You see her father used to beat her. She's afraid of the look of a man now.
Paul Ruttledge. I would not beat you, Sabina. How can you have got such an idea?