"Don't be ridiculous. It's a two hour drive. They can come down every weekend. Or I can go. It's forty minutes by train. I would have preferred to keep her in Whitby, but any offers she would get after the men asked around - if any at all - would likely be from their relatives in other villages. I don't want my daughter gone. I want her safely married, to someone who can take the responsibility. Tobias has a farm - he owns that farm, Elijah, he doesn't just rent it. He is mature and responsible. And he's been very considerate, all along. Which is more than I can say of Noah Longbottom."