"
"Married! Dexie, are you crazy?"
"No, I think no one else will think so, when they know that I am exchanging
my present life for one so much happier."
"But, Dexie, I will not allow this! To be married in such haste, and away
from home, without any preparations whatever! I forbid you to leave the
house with such an absurd intention."
"I am sorry to have to deliberately disobey you, mamma, but I have passed
my word and have no wish to take it back. I admit it would have given me
much happiness to have been married from home, but it is doubtful if I
could live long enough to _earn_ a wedding, so it is best as it is."
"And you talk of being married, and your father not dead three months yet!
Oh! you heartless girl! And you pretended to care so much for him! You
shall not do this shameful thing! Fancy how people would talk!"
Dexie burst into tears at the mention of her father, and turning to leave
the room, she heard Guy's voice in the hall below.
"Are you nearly ready, my darling?" as she ran down the stairs to meet
him.
"All ready, but mamma is not going to let me go without some trouble, Guy.
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