Perhaps she's his long-lost sister, and the estate was left to them equally, only she couldn't be found, so it couldn't be shared up.' 'Perhaps he's only in love with her,' Dora said, 'parted by cruel Fate at an early age, he has ranged the wide world ever since trying to find her.' 'I hope to goodness he hasn't--anyway, he's not ranged since we knew him--never further than Hastings,' Oswald said.

'We don't want any of that rot.' 'What rot ?' Daisy asked.

And Oswald said-- 'Getting married, and all that sort of rubbish.' And Daisy and Dora were the only ones that didn't agree with him.

Even Alice owned that being bridesmaids must be fairly good fun.

It's no good.