"And--and--your father, Sir Stephen Orme ?" she said.

"What will he say ?" Stafford laughed slowly and confidently.
"Oh, my father?
He will be delighted.

He's the best of fathers, a perfect model for parents.

Ever since I can remember he has been good to me, a precious sight better, more liberal and generous, than I deserved; but lately, since I've known him--Ah, well, I can only say, dearest, that he will be delighted to hear that I have chosen a wife; and when he sees you--" He stopped and held her at arm's length for a moment and looked down into the lovely face upturned to his with its sweet, girlish gravity.
-- "Why, he will fall in love with you right out of hand! I think you will like my father, Ida.

He--well, he's a taking sort of fellow; everybody likes him who knows him--really knows him--and speaks well of him.