The chief thing is, keep quiet till then." Stepan Trofimovitch was surprised.

He tried to falter that he could not do like that, that he must talk it over with his bride.

But Varvara Petrovna flew at him in exasperation.
"What for?
In the first place it may perhaps come to nothing." "Come to nothing!" muttered the bridegroom, utterly dumbfoundered.
"Yes.

I'll see....

But everything shall be as I've told you, and don't be uneasy.