Lucy Maud Montgomery

“ She is bright and clever and she is not ill looking. Thomas, I say let the young man have his will."
Thomas Gordon stood up, as if he considered the responsibility off his shoulders and the interview at an end.
"Very well, Janet, woman, since you think it is wise. And may God deal with him as he deals with her. Good evening, Master. I'll see you again, and you are free to come and go as suits you. But I must go to my work now. I left my horses standing in the field."
"I will go up and send Kilmeny down," said Janet quietly. ”

“ He was evidently puzzled by this unexpected turn of the conversation, and in grave doubt what to say.
"What would your father say to all this, Master?" he queried at last.
"I have often heard my father say that a man must marry to please himself," said Eric, with a smile. "If he felt tempted to go back on that opinion I think the sight of Kilmeny would convert him. But, after all, it is what I say that matters in this case, isn't it, Mr. Gordon? I am well educated and not afraid of work. I can make a home for Kilmeny in a few years even if I have to depend entirely on my own resources. ”

“ Only give me the chance to win her--that is all I ask."
"I don't think it would do, Master," said Thomas Gordon, shaking his head. "Of course, I dare say you--you"--he tried to say "love," but Scotch reserve balked stubbornly at the terrible word--"you think you like Kilmeny now, but you are only a lad--and lads' fancies change." ”