"That's just how _I_ should like to be married." "I, too," said Sir Lyon, in his pleasant voice.

"To me there's always been something barbaric in the ordinary grand wedding." But Blanche Farrow shook her head.

"Perhaps because I'm so much older than all of you," she said good-humouredly, "I think there's a great deal to be said for an old-fashioned wedding: white dress (white satin for choice), orange blossoms, St.George's, Hanover Square, and all! I even like the crowd of people saying kind and unkind things in whispers to one another.

I don't think I should _feel_ myself married unless I went through all that--" And then, at last, James Tapster said something.

"Marriage is all rot!" he said, speaking, as was his unpleasant custom, with his mouth full.
"There are very few happy married couples about." "That may be your experience," said Varick, speaking for the first time since Blanche had told the great news.