"You've asked Miss Ruby to be your wife a dozen times;--haven't you, John?" suggested Mixet.
"I hove."
"And you mean to be as good as your word?"
"I do."
"And she has promised to have you?"
"She hove."
"More nor once or twice?" To this proposition Crumb found it only necessary to bob his head. "You're ready,--and willing?"

"You've asked Miss Ruby to be your wife a dozen times, haven't you, John?" suggested Mixet.
"I hove."
"And she has promised to have you?"
"She hove."
