What will he do with me?
It may seem shameless, and will vex him." "I think he will marry you.

I think to-night you will be a wife.

If not, I'll know the reason why," she added viciously.
"A wife! To-night!" exclaimed the girl, turning crimson to her hair.
"And my father but just dead! How can it be ?" "We'll talk of that with Harflete.

Mayhap, like you, he'll wish to wait and ask the banns, or to lay the case before a London lawyer.

Meanwhile, I have ordered horses and sent a message to the Abbot to say you come to learn the meaning of these rumours, which will keep him still till nightfall; and another to Cranwell Towers, that we may find food and lodging there.