"I guess so."
"Is a married feller stronger and can he run faster than the feller that isn't married?"
"Oh, yes."
"Well, that's a good deal. Does it take long to have it done?"
"Just a few minutes."
As a new suspicion entered the mind of the prospective groom he edged away a few inches. "Does it hurt?"
"What hurt?"
"Getting married. Does a dentist do it—or something like that?"
Contemptuously the maiden answered. "'Course not! You are a very ignorant boy. We just stand up before father and say 'I will,' and 'Yes' and 'It is' or 'I do' and short things like that. Father does all the rest."
Then Ruth explained the ceremony, and described minutely the scene she had witnessed an hour ago in her own home.