human
I love him dearly, but I am afraid I shall not like to be married soon. I have not enough dignity to look like a married lady.
gpt
The first day of August is my twenty-sixth birthday, and we must be married on that day, my darling.
human
Oh, I--
gpt
You are going to say you can not get ready so soon; but you need not make many preparations, love. I want you to wear my mother's wedding-dress; it is so beautiful--a white brocade, veiled in costly lace. And we will be married at Ellsworth. That will be better than going back to the hot city for a wedding--do you not think so? Oh, I intend to have everything my own way, sweet; and so I shall write to your mother to-day to come at once to Ellsworth.
human
But Aunt Judith--and the girls? They will be fearfully angry,
gpt
Yes, they will be very angry, I grant you. But Ellsworth belongs to me, so they will have to behave or leave; and I fancy they will choose the former part. Now come with me to your aunt and cousins, and see how cleverly I shall pay them out for their meanness. Don't tremble so, my timid little love.