Looked up Whitaker's Almanack for the necessary information, and sent him off to get a special license." I nodded a non-committal head.

It all seemed rather mad.

Betty rose and from her graceful height gazed down on me.
"If you don't look more cheerful, Major, I shall cry.

I've never done so yet, but I'm sure I've got it in me." I stretched out my hand.

She took it, and, still holding it, seated herself on a footstool close to my chair.
"There are such a lot of things that occur to me," I said.