"Well, you may fall in love with whomsoever you please; but you mustn＇t fall in love with my niece," said the old man.
His son broke into a laugh. "He＇ll think you mean that as a provocation! My dear father, you＇ve lived with the English for thirty years, and you＇ve picked up a good many of the things they say. But you＇ve never learned the things they don＇t say!"
"I say what I please," the old man returned with all his serenity.