“It is a long ride,” she ventured.
“Too short,” he replied, “and yet, I wish we were there.”
Again she spoke: “This is a most unprecedented affair. Can it be real, or are we actors?”
“We are detectives, and they always do unexpected and unprecedented things.”
“What will your father say—you a multimillionaire and I a poor girl who works for a living?”
“My mother was poor and blind when my father married her.”
“Yes, I know; but she wrote a book and became famous.”
“You're a 'wonder' now, and you will become famous.”
“What will your friends say?”
“If they wish to remain my friends they will either say nothing, or congratulate me. How shall we be married—in church? I'll spend a hundred thousand on our wedding, if you say so.”