 I've felt it, too. There's a strangeness about him. But that doesn't make me love him any less. And I do love him, Father. There'll never be anybody else for me, ever. Very well, my dear. If that's the case, I'll say no more. And you'll let us be married? You're of age now. You can marry when and whom you please. Ah, yes, but I want your consent. You know how much I love you, too, Daddy.