"Yes, yes, you were able to stand him at one time!" said the old man, obstinately. "And so the wedding is to-morrow?"
"Yes, to-morrow."
"I can't be there: I'm very sorry, but ..."
"Yes, it would tire you too much.... They're coming to take leave of Grandmamma presently."
"That's nice, that's nice of them."
"It'll be a tame affair," said Ottilie. "They are so tame. There'll be nothing, no festivity. They refuse to be married in church."
"Yes, those are their ideas," said the old man, in a tone of indifference. "I don't understand it, that 'not being married in church;' but they must know their own business."
"Elly hasn't even a bridal dress; I think it so odd.... Elly is really very serious for so young a girl. I shouldn't care to be married like that, when you're married for the first time. But, on the other hand, what's the use of all that fuss, as Lot says? The relations and friends don't really care. And it runs into money."
"Elly could have had whatever she liked," said the old gentleman, "a dinner, a dance or anything.... But she refused."
"Yes, they're both agreed."