"Look here," said others, "Van der Welcke behaved like a gentleman."
"What! To run away with another man's wife?"
"No, but to marry her afterwards."
"There aren't many who would have done it."
"She's older than he."
"Six years older."
"No, four years."
"No one else would have done it."
"No, no one."
"And he was a deucedly decent fellow."