I couldn't do one thing to prevent it.

Much as ever as they would even listen to what I had to say--and when they knew how I had hurried East to say it, too, with only two hours' notice! "But then, what can you expect?
From time immemorial lovers never did have any sense; and when those lovers are such irresponsible flutterbudgets as Billy and Bertram--! "And such a wedding! I couldn't do anything with _that_, either, though I tried hard.

They had it in Billy's living-room at noon, with nothing but the sun for light.

There was no maid of honor, no bridesmaids, no wedding cake, no wedding veil, no presents (except from the family, and from that ridiculous Chinese cook of brother William's, Ding Dong, or whatever his name is.

He tore in just before the wedding ceremony, and insisted upon seeing Billy to give her a wretched little green stone idol, which he declared would bring her 'heap plenty velly good luckee' if she received it before she 'got married.' I wouldn't have the hideous, grinning thing around, but William says it's real jade, and very valuable, and of course Billy was crazy over it--or pretended to be).