"If you were going to marry a person of your own age, it would be different, of course; but young women have such extravagant notions.

I could see Miss Carley did not think much of the furniture when I took her over the house on new-year's-day.

She said the rooms looked gloomy, and that some of them gave her the horrors, and so on.

If you don't have the place done up a bit at first, you'll have to get it done at last, depend upon it; a young wife like that will make the money spin, you may be sure." "Will she ?" said Mr.Whitelaw, with a satisfied grin.

"That's my look-out.