29/30 Besides, in a case like this, it will be better to avoid all publicity and show. It wouldn't do to have the newspapers getting hold of the fact that Mrs.Lorimer is being married again so soon. There'd be paragraphs, and the suspicions of Simpkins would be excited. On the whole, I don't think we'll have a wedding cake, or bridesmaids, or anything of that sort. But you can be best man if you like." "I know you don't mean a word you're saying, J.J., and that you won't really do anything." "Wait and see." "But if I thought you meant to cause Miss King the slightest uneasiness or discomfort, I should simply turn you straight out of my house. |