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"Yes; married by the 30th of June, introduce my wife to the tenants on Christmas Eve, or no fortune. That was my uncle's last and worst joke; he was reputed a funny man in his time. The alternatives are pretty ghastly either way."
"Doesn't that rather depend? " Sylvia queried, with a swift blue glance from under veiling lashes.