I go in for the bishop's doctrine. _Magna est veritas._"
"Well, I don't know," said Mrs. Gresham.
"Ah! but I do," said Miss Dunstable. "And therefore go on, or for
ever hold your peace."
"That's just it," said Mrs. Gresham.
"What's just it?" said Miss Dunstable.
"The quotation out of the Prayer Book which you finished just now.
'If any of you know cause or just impediment why these two persons
should not be joined together in holy matrimony, ye are to declare
it. This is the first time of asking.' Do you know any cause, Miss
Dunstable?"
"Do you know any, Mrs. Gresham?"
"None, on my honour!" said the younger lady, putting her hand upon
her breast.
"Ah! but do you not?" and Miss Dunstable caught hold of her arm, and
spoke almost abruptly in her energy.
"No, certainly not. What impediment? If I did, I should not have
broached the subject. I declare I think you would both be very happy
together. Of course, there is one impediment; we all know that. That
must be your look out."
"What do you mean? What impediment?"
"Your own money."
"Psha! Did you find that an impediment in marrying Frank Gresham?"
"Ah! the matter was so different there. He had much more to give than
I had, when all was counted. And I had no money when we--when we were
first engaged.
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