"Agree to what?"
"The great thing for us is to be married, isn't it?"
"I don't know that I'm prepared to admit it till I know what you're leading up to."
"Very well, then, as one of the parties I'll admit it; the one thing for which I'm living is to be married to you; when I am married I'll be happy."
"Thank you; that's very nice of you; but I'm not going to admit anything till I know what it is you've got at the back of your head."
"We're going to be married on Thursday--that is, this day week."
"We were to have been married on Thursday; I know my wedding dress is coming home on Wednesday."
"And after the wedding we're to start for a three months' tour on the continent, something like a honeymoon."
"We were to have started for a three months' tour."
"That's what I arranged with Mr. Oldfield. I said to him, 'Mr. Oldfield, after my marriage--at which I trust you'll be present--I hope to go abroad with my wife for a month, if I can be spared from the office.' He said to me, 'Clifford, why not make it three months?' I stared; he went on: 'A man isn't married often!'"