It was moonlight when I proposed to Geraldine.

I began by squeezing her hand, if I remem--" He looked up, and found her regarding him with eyes ablaze.
But luckily at this moment the door opened, and Caleb appeared.
He was evidently much agitated; but at sight of Tamsin and the woeful figure in the armchair, he halted on the threshold and stared dumbly.
"I think," said Tamsin, "you had better put your master to bed." "Mussy 'pon us, what's been doin' ?" Briefly she told as much as she knew.

With each successive sentence Caleb's mouth and eyes opened wider.
"And now," she ended, "as Peter and Paul have been waiting for their dinner this half-hour, I will be going.

Don't trouble to come with me; but attend to your master.

Good-morning, sir." She dropped him a low curtsey and was gone.