There is everything to be got.
You men forget about these details. Raffles wishes to have the wedding
in little more than a fortnight. Of course it will be very quiet, but
still one needs something."
"So early as that!" said Robert, thoughtfully. "Well, perhaps it is
better so."
"Much better, Robert. Would it not be dreadful if Hector came back
first and there was a scene? If I were once married I should not mind.
Why should I? But of course Raffles knows nothing about him, and it
would be terrible if they came together."
"That must be avoided at any cost."
"Oh, I cannot bear even to think of it. Poor Hector! And yet what
could I do, Robert? You know that it was only a boy and girl affair.
And how could I refuse such an offer as this? It was a duty to my
family, was it not?"
"You were placed in a difficult position--very difficult," her brother
answered. "But all will be right, and I have no doubt Hector will see
it as you do. But does Mr. Spurling know of your engagement?"
"Not a word. He was here yesterday, and talked of Hector, but indeed I
did not know how to tell him. We are to be married by special licence
in Birmingham, so really there is no reason why he should know. But now
I must hurry or I shall miss my train.
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