“I? Surprised?” said he in a dazed way, still standing with one foot drawn back a step. “I was merely taken aback, because—”
“Well?”
“Because—nothing. I was simply taken aback, that’s all. Or rather because I had not heard of it before.”
“It was only fully decided upon yesterday,” said she, bending down over her knee.
“Oh, only yesterday. And the happy event takes place when? for I am at least interested.”
“Soon. Within two or three weeks. I don’t quite know when.”
“And the happy man?”
“The same whom you saw come to take me from Kensal Green.”
“Mr. Van Hupfeldt?”