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`Yes,' I mean that I might. You are glad to see me, Frank?' `O yes - of course.' `Can you - come to me?' `My dear Fan, no! The bugle has sounded, the barrack gates are closed, and I have no leave. `We are all of us as good as in the county gaol till tomorrow morning.' `Then I shan't see you till then!' The words were in a faltering tone of disappointment. `How did you get here from Weatherbury?' `I walked - some part of the way - the rest by the carriers.' `I am surprised.' `Yes - so am I. And Frank, when will it be?' `What?' `That you promised.' `I don't quite recollect.' `O you do! Don't speak like that. It weighs me to the earth. It makes me say what ought to be said first by you.' `Never mind - say it.' `O, must I? - it is, when shall we be married, Frank?' `Oh, I see. Well - you have to get proper clothes.' `I have money. Will it be by banns or license?'* `Banns, I should think.' `And we live in two parishes.' `Do we? What then?' `My lodgings are in St Mary's, and this is not. So they will have to be published in both.' `Is that the law?' `Yes. O Frank - you think me forward, I am afraid! Don't, dear Frank - will you - for I love you so. And you said lots of times you would marry me, and - and I - I - I------' `Don't cry, now! It is foolish. If I said so, of course I will.' `And shall I put up the banns in my parish, and will you in yours?' `Yes.' `To-morrow?' `Not tomorrow. We'll settle in a few days.' |
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