The detective, for the first time in his life, looked
uneasy. "I ownly wented to sey, Mr. Chairman, thet, within a year, when
you are all beck frem yore visit, Mrs. Metilda Rawdon hes premised to
bekem Mrs. Bengs. I may also edd thet, frem kenversation with Ben
Towner, I hev learned thet the priest is soon to selemnize his union
with Miss Bridget Sellivan." The company was aghast, and cried out as
one man, "What is to become of Serlizer?" Mr. Bangs responded: "The
yeng weman, Sarah Eliza Newcome, wes the person who rebbed kenstable
Rigby of his prisoners. When he kem to know the fect, he conceived sow
high a degree of respect fer her kerrage end skill, thet he et wence
propowsed to her, end hes been eccepted. Mr. Perrowne hes been esked, I
believe, to merry them; is it net sow, Mr. Perrowne?"
"Yes, the corporal bespowke me, as he said; but that wretched Maguffin
insists on being married by the Baktis. I'm ashamed of you, colonel,
allowing so unhallowed a marriage tie in your household."
"I leave religion, Misteh Pehhowne, to evehy man's conscience." The
meeting then adjourned.
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