"But remember, Mollie, it will be no sham marriage, that you will be at liberty to break.

A real clergyman shall unite us, and you must promise me to make no appeal to his sympathy--to make no attempt to converse with him.

The attempt would be quite useless, but you must promise." "I promise," she said, haughtily; "and Mollie Dane keeps her word." "And I keep mine! A week from the ceremony you go forth free, never to be disturbed by me again.

I love you, and I marry you for love and for revenge.

It sounds inconsistent, but it is true.