But at sight of Grey she stopped short, and with wide-open eyes and
mouth, surveyed him a moment in astonishment; then a broad smile
illumined her face as she exclaimed:
"An' faith that's right. Kiss her again as many times as ye likes. It's
not meself will interfere, though if you'd been a bla'guard, as I
thought you was, I'd of had yer heart's blood," and turning on her heel
Jennie walked rapidly away, leaving the lovers a very little upset and
disconcerted.
It was Grey who wheeled Bessie back to the house, and taking her in his
arms carried her to his Aunt Lucy, to whom he said, as he put her down
upon the couch:
"This is my little wife, or, rather, she is to _be_ my wife on Christmas
Eve, and Christmas Day we are to spend here with you, who will make the
old house brighter than ever it was before." Then, going up to Miss
McPherson, he continued: "Kiss me, Aunt Betsey because I am to be your
nephew, and because I am no longer a fool."
The kiss he asked for was given, and thus the engagement was sealed,
and when next day Grey returned to Boston, he said to his Aunt Hannah,
who was still with his mother:
"Bessie is to be my wife, and I must tell her our secret, and at your
house, too, for, after she has seen you, I feel sure that she will
forgive everything.
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