"Come, Billie, I'm tired of this tantrum.

A little of this sort of thing goes a long way with me.

You're a headstrong, spoiled girl, and I've already put up with enough to try the patience of Job.

Now I'm going to show my authority, insist on my rights.

You've promised to marry me, now, to-night, and you are going to do it, if I have to go to your father and tell him plainly just what is the matter with you." "With me! the only matter is that I have ceased to care for you." "Yes, in the last week! Do you think I am blind?
Do you suppose I don't know what has changed your mind so suddenly?
Do you imagine I'm going to let you go for the sake of a damned Yankee ?" She fairly gasped in surprise, her fingers clinched, her cheeks flaming.
"A Yankee! Captain Le Gaire, are you crazy ?" "No," his temper bursting all control.