“Yes,” said the old man dolefully.
“But you think this is the right man?”
“Yes, Rachel; and I’m afraid I have got myself in a dreadful mess.”
Chapter Twenty Nine.
“There it is Again.”
“My dear Gertrude, I did not oppose you after you had made up your mind to carry out your guardian’s wishes; but I’m so pleased with the way in which things have turned out that I hardly know what to say.”
“But you forget, Mrs Hampton; you forget that I have promised to be that man’s wife.”
“Well, what of that, my dear?”