For
Will and me we loves one another, and I could-yes, I could be good ef
I was Will's true wife. But there are them--there are them as wants
to part us, and to ruin me, and to ruin him; and they'll do it, ef you
don't wed us tonight, parson."
"And we don't want to cheat by it," continued Will; "for we know that
Government must have its fees; and the license is ordered, and you
shall have it to-morrow, parson, and here's thirty shillings to pay
for it. It ain't no case of cheating-only the lass here she's skeered
like, and it's right as she should have her way. Wed us to-night, ef
you can, parson," continued Will, and he laid a sovereign and a
half-sovereign on the little study table.
"Kneel down, Will," said Bet. "He'll say the good words over us--I
know he will, and we don't want to cheat. It's only as we mustn't be
parted. Kneel down, Will."
"She knelt herself, and held out her hand to Will, who dropped at her
side. Nothing could be more impressive than the little scene, nor the
brief expectant silence which followed.
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