What will be the difference ?" "Surely you do not suppose that she will dispense with the sacrament of marriage before casting in her lot with your brother!" "I bet you my next week's salary that you dont get Ned to enter a church.

He will be tied up by a registrar.

Of course, your sister will have the law of him somehow: she cant help herself.

She is not independent; and so she must be guaranteed against his leaving her without bread and butter.

_I_ can support myself, and may shew Bob a clean pair of heels to-morrow, if I choose.