Mrs.Jasher, as I told you, intends to marry him." "He might not wish to marry her" "That doesn't matter," rejoined Lucy, with the cleverness of a woman.
"She can manage to bring the marriage about.

Besides, I want to break with the old life here, and begin quite a new one with you.

When I am your wife and Mrs.Jasher is my step-father's, everything will be capitally arranged." "Well, I hope so," said Archie heartily, "for I want you all to myself and have no desire to share you with anyone else.

But I say," he glanced at his watch; "it is getting towards nine o'clock, and I am desperately hungry.

Can't we go to dinner ?" "Not until Mrs.Jasher arrives," said Lucy primly.
"Oh, bother--!" Hope, being quite exasperated with hunger, would have launched out into a speech condemning the widow's unpunctuality, when in the hall below the drawing-room was heard the sound of the door opening and closing.
Without doubt this was Mrs.Jasher arriving at last, and Lucy ran out of the room and down the stairs to welcome her in her eagerness to get Archie seated at the dinner table.