We laughed,
and kissed each other, and begged her to say it again, and Prudence
said 'Oh, if Carol could have heard that,' and then we all rushed off
and cried and scolded each other for being so silly, and Julia
screamed. Oh, it was a formal afternoon reception all right.
"And I am putting a little three-line ad in the morning _Tribune_.
'Young, accomplished, attractive lady without means, of strong domestic
tendencies, desires a husband, eugenic, rich, good looking. Object
matrimony.'
"Of course I know that I repeat myself. But if you don't say 'Object
matrimony,' some men wouldn't catch the point.
"And so you are out of the San and keeping house again. A brand-new
honeymoon, of course, and cooing doves, and chiming bells, and all the
rest of it. When the rest of us back here write to each other, we say
at the end, 'Carol is well and David is better.' It conveys the idea
of a Thanksgiving service and a hallelujah chorus. It means Good
night, God bless you, and Merry Christmas, all in one.
"By the way, do you remember William Canfield Brewer, the original
advertiser who got moved out when I moved in? Well, between you and
me, almost for a while I did begin to see some charms in matrimony. He
came again, and was properly introduced.
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