"You have it exactly.

He said: 'Young man, I'll brain you with my walking stick if ever I meet you anywhere with my daughter, when you have not come to her home and taken her with my permission.'" "What!" I stammered.

"What! Oh Laddie, say it over! Does it mean---- ?" "It means," said Laddie, squeezing me until I was near losing my breath, "it means, Little Sister, that I shall march to his door and ask him squarely, and if it is anywhere the Princess wants to go, I shall take her." "Like, 'See the conquering hero comes ?'" "Exactly!" laughed Laddie.
"What will mother say ?" "She hasn't made up her mind yet," answered Laddie.
"Do you mean---- ?" I gasped again.
"Of course!" said Laddie.

"I wasn't going to let a girl get far ahead of me.

The minute I knew she had told her mother, I told mine the very first chance." "Mother knows that you feel about the Princess as father does about her ?" "Mother knows," answered Laddie, "and so does father.