"Married!" burst from Clare's lips in amazement.
"Silence!" exclaimed her aunt, imperatively. Then, turning again to Laline, she asked slowly—
"What is the name of your husband?"
A pause, and then softly, but with perfect distinctness, came the words—
"Wallace Armstrong."
"Not Wallace Armstrong—Lorin's cousin? Can you mean him?" cried Mrs. Vandeleur, in horror.
"Yes."
"When did you marry him?"
"More than four years ago."
"Tell me your name before you married."