My dear fellow, it would be far harder to part from a wife of a week than from a sweetheart of a year.

That's my idea of wedded bliss, you see." "Nonsense; it would not!" said Cardo.

"It would give me a sense of security--a feeling that, come fair or come foul, nothing could really come between me and Valmai; and besides, I should not want her to be the wife of a week--I should be satisfied to be married even on the morning of my departure.

Come, Ellis, be my friend in this matter.
You promised when I first told you of my love for Valmai that you would help us out of our difficulties.

You are an ordained priest; can you not marry us in the old church on the morning of the 14th?
You know the _Burrawalla_ sails on the 15th, and I go down to Fordsea the day before, but not till noon.