“‘This is the American way,’ he said, boyishly, and stooping, kissed her.”
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“When you are my wife, you will, in time, become my helper. You, too, will make converts.”
“You gotter git consent my honorable mother-in-law,” she interrupted.
His face fell.
“Also,” she said, “I gotter git those marriage garments, and you must buy me lots presents.”
“No, I’ll marry you in the gown you have on.”
“This!” She touched it in dismay. “Why thad would be disgrace upon me.”
“Very well, you shall be disgraced then. Now come—we’ll go to your step-mother right away. There’s no time to be lost.”
She hesitated as they reached the door.