I love your daughter, sir, and I hope you will let me tell her and ask her to be my wife sometime." "You are both too young," said the Colonel.

"Besides you have known each other not quite three days and I have known you not as many hours.
We are deeply grateful to you, but it is better for you and for her that this matter should not be hurried.

After a year has passed, if you think you still care to see each other, I will ask you to come to England.

I think you are a fine, manly, brave chap, but really you will admit that I have a right to know you better before my daughter engages to marry you." Jack freely admitted that the request was well founded, albeit he declared, frankly, that he would like to be got acquainted with as soon as possible.
"We must take the first ship back to England," said the Colonel.

"You are both young and in a matter of this kind there should be no haste.
If your affection is real, it will be none the worse for a little keeping." Solomon Binkus and Peter and Israel and John Bones and some settlers north of Horse Valley arrived next day with the captured Indians, who, under a military guard, were sent on to the Great Father at Johnson Castle.
Colonel Hare was astonished that neither Solomon Binkus nor John Irons nor his son would accept any gift for the great service they had done him.
"I owe you more than I can ever pay," he said to the faithful Binkus.
"Money would not be good enough for your reward." Solomon stepped close to the great man and said in a low tone: "Them young 'uns has growed kind o' love sick an' I wouldn't wonder.