“Have you any money saved up, Harry?”
“Yes, I've got two thousand dollars in the bank to furnish our flat with.”
“We shall have to go to a justice of the peace, for father will not let me be married at home. Oh, if Aunt Ella were here.”
“Where is she?”
“In England. She's the wife of a baronet, and he is rich and so is Aunt Ella.”
“Maude, let's elope and go to England for our honeymoon.”
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Aunt Ella and Alice had been to Ketchley to make some purchases for young Quincy's wardrobe. As they entered the house a maid said that a young lady and gentleman were waiting to see them.
“Both of us?” queried Aunt Ella.
The maid replied: “They said they wished to see Lady Fernborough and Mrs. Quincy Adams Sawyer.”