If that first kiss had stirred his fancy, her subsequent repulse had established her influence. The stubborn virtue, which was a part of the inherited fibre of her race, had achieved a result not unworthy of the most finished coquette. Against his desire for possession there battled the instinctive chastity that was woven into the structure of Sarah Revercomb's granddaughter.

Jonathan, spry as a cricket. 'It's a fine weddin' I've been to, Mr. Jonathan, I answered, 'an' I've seen two lovin' hearts beatin' as one befo' Mr. Mullen at the altar. Then Reuben Merryweather's gal called out right quickly, 'Whose weddin', old Adam? an' when I replied, 'Abel Revercomb's, as I was bound to, her face went as white as a han't right thar befo' me "