6/16 A woman bent on her marriage is a woman who can meet the objections of the whole world, single-handed, and refute them all. I shall tell the landlady I am on my wedding-trip. I shall say my husband is sight-seeing, on foot, among the mountains in the neighborhood--" "She is sure to believe that!" said Geoffrey. Let her! You have only to appear, and to ask for your wife--and there is my story proved to be true! She may be the most suspicious woman living, as long as I am alone with her. The moment you join me, you set her suspicions at rest. |