The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Races and Countries of Central Asia / Being the Exploits and Experiences of Claudius Bombarnac of "The Twentieth Century"

by Jules Verne

“Wait a bit, Monsieur Bombarnac! Can a Yankee wait?”

“Then it is to be—”

“Here.”

“In the train?”

“In the train.”

“Then it is for me to say, Wait a bit!”

“Not twenty-four hours.”

“But to be married you require—”

“An American minister, and we have the Reverend Nathaniel Morse.”

“He consents?”