Have you anything to say against it ?"--defiantly.
"Everything.

He's the last man in the world to make you happy." "Time will decide that.

In any case he's coming on Monday for my answer.

And that will be 'yes.' So you and Ralph can have your banns put up with a clear conscience--as the only just cause and impediment is now removed." Penelope was silent.
"You ought to be rather pleased with me than otherwise," insisted Nan.
When at length Penelope replied, it was with a certain gravity.
"My dear, matrimony is one of the affairs of life in which it is fatal to accept second best.

You can do it in hats and frocks--it's merely a matter of appearances--although you'll never get quite the same satisfaction out of them.