"Of course you would marry her at once."
"I suppose so,--unless it were better to stay as we were, till the money was settled."
"Oh, no; no! Everybody would be against you. If you take her off in a spirited sort of way and then marry her, everybody will be with you. That's what you want. The father and mother will be sure to come round, if--"
"The mother is nothing."

"Maybe better not to marry, till the money was settled."
"Oh, no; no! Everybody would be against you. If you take her off in a spirited way and then marry her, everybody will be with you. The father will be sure to come round,