Do you expect him shortly ?" "Well, no," said the lady.

"I can't say that I do." "That is odd," said Lawrence.

"I thought this was your wedding journey." "So it is, in a measure," said she, "but there is no necessity of his coming here.

Didn't I tell you that my aunt was opposed to the marriage ?" "But she might as well make up her mind to it now," he said.
"She is not in the habit of making up her mind to things she don't like.
Do you know," she added, looking around with a half smile, as if she took pleasure in astonishing him, "that Aunt Keswick is going to try to have us divorced ?" "What!" exclaimed Croft.

"Divorced! Is there any ground for it ?" "She has other matrimonial plans for me, that's all." "What an extraordinary individual she must be!" he exclaimed.