For it 's settled , '' said the Carrier , regarding him attentively . `` And nothing can shake it now . '' Tackleton muttered a few general words of assent about its being necessary to vindicate something or other ; but he was overawed by the manner of his companion . Plain and unpolished as it was , it had a something dignified and noble in it , which nothing but the soul of generous honour dwelling in the man could have imparted . `` I am a plain , rough man , '' pursued the Carrier `` with very little to recommend me . I am not a clever man , as you very well know . I am not a young man . I loved my little Dot , because I had seen her grow up , from a child , in her father 's house ; because I knew how precious she was ; because she had been my life for years and years . There 's many men I ca n't compare with , who never could have loved my little Dot like me , I think ! '' He paused , and softly beat the ground a short time with his foot , before resuming : `` I often thought that though I was n't good enough for her , I should make her a kind husband , and perhaps know her value better than another ; and in this way I reconciled it to myself , and came to think it might be possible that we should be married . And , in the end , it came about , and we were married ! '' `` Hah ! '' said Tackleton with a significant shake of his head . `` I had studied myself ; I had had experience of myself ; I knew how much I loved her , and how happy I should be , '' pursued the Carrier . `` But I had not -- I feel it now -- sufficiently considered her . '' `` To be sure , '' said Tackleton . `` Giddiness , frivolity , fickleness , love of admiration ! Not considered ! All left out of sight ! Hah ! ''
`` You had best not interrupt me , '' said the Carrier with some sternness , `` till you understand me ; and you 're wide XXXXX doing so .
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