"Nothing in the world like it, 'pon my word, Quade.

First it was DeBar.

I don't believe we'd got him if he hadn't seen Marie riding her bear.

Marie and her curls and her silk tights, Quade--s'elp me, it wouldn't have surprised me so much if you'd fallen in love with _her!_ And over this other woman you're as mad as Joe is over Marie.

At first sight he was ready to sell his soul for her.