Damsels were no longer gagged and bound and carried to the altar, and there wedded perforce to dreadful ogres.

Wherefore, a runaway match was not necessary.

Moreover, it would be vulgar; and nothing could justify vulgarity.

Dorothy and Richard should remain as they were.

They must continue to love; they must learn to wait, and to take what advantage the flow of events provided.
"My wisdom," quoth Bess, pausing as if for congratulations, "my wisdom is, doubtless, so much beyond my years as to seem unearthly.