"Oh!" said Shirley, dipping the pen in the ink, and putting it into his hand, "you must regard me as Captain Keeldar to-day. This is quite a gentleman's affair--yours and mine entirely, doctor" (so she had dubbed the rector). "The ladies there are only to be our aides-de-camp, and at their peril they speak, till we have settled the whole business."

"Oh!" said Shirley, putting the pen into his hand, "you must regard me as Captain Keeldar today. This is quite a gentleman's affair - yours and mine entirely. The ladies there are only our aides-de-camp."
