Both of them stared at her as if she might be a maniac.
"Is this thing in the morning paper true ?" cried Nancy Ellen in a high, shrill voice that made Kate start in wonder.

She did not take the trouble to evade by asking "what thing ?" she merely made assent with her head.
"You are married to that--that--" Nancy Ellen choked until she could not say what.
"It's TIME to stop, since I am married to him," said Kate, gravely.
"You rushed in and married him without giving Robert time to find out and tell you what everybody knows about him ?" demanded Nancy Ellen.
"I married him for what I knew about him myself," said Kate.

"We shall do very well." "Do well!" cried Nancy.

"Do well! You'll be hungry and in rags the rest of your life!" "Don't, Nancy Ellen, don't!" plead Robert.

"This is Kate's affair, wait until you hear what she has to say before you go further." "I don't care what she has to say!" cried Nancy Ellen.