9/15 Can you say as much for the success of the marriage laws in Europe? Rufus declined to resign his interest in the lady. "And what did Miss Mellicent say to it ?" he inquired. "When the Elder Brother began to read the first words relating to love and marriage in the Book of Rules, she turned deadly pale; and rose up in her place with a sudden burst of courage or desperation--I don't know which. 'Must you read that to me ?' she asked. |