George Alexander had caught Mrs. Wells’ attention and at that moment was getting his directions for dinner. She had not been accustomed to attend very carefully to remarks from Walter, so the colloquy that followed was lost on her.
“What’s this?” said Jawn quietly.
Richard looked on curiously.
“G-got it all fixed up, them two.”
“They have, have they? How do you know?”
“Jerry told me.”
“When was all this?”
“Last night. She said h-him and her, they were goin’ to get married. Said they h-had it all f-fixed up.”
“What!” cried Richard.
“Mebbe oughtn’t t’ have said nothin’,” Walter was a little frightened at his own temerity. “But ’at’s what she s-said, anyhow.”