He and my uncle Dyson have talked of it together.

I am to wed my cousin Jacob.

O Cuthbert, Cuthbert! what must I do?
what must I say ?" Cuthbert heard the news in silence.

It was not altogether unexpected, but he had scarce looked to have heard the subject openly broached so soon.

Cherry had been regarded in her home as such a child, and her father, sisters, and aunt had so combined to speak and think of her as such, that although her eighteenth birthday was hard at hand, and she was certainly of marriageable age, he had not looked to have to face this complication in the situation quite so quickly.