But the next instant he relaxed again with impulsive confidence.
"Well, it is more or less settled," he said. "But I'm wondering--you
know, Charlie, she's rather young to be married, isn't she? She hasn't
seen much of the world so far. You don't think it's shabby, do you, to
marry her before she's had the same sort of chances as other girls?"
"Good heavens, no!" said Saltash. He gave Bunny an odd look from under
brows that were slightly twisted. "What made you think of that?" he
asked.
Bunny's face was red. He leaned his arms on the gate and looked out
across the valley. "Sheila Melrose put it to me this afternoon," he said,
"though I must admit it had crossed my mind before. She hasn't met many
people, you know, Charlie. And--as I said--she's young. I don't want to
take an unfair advantage."
"Life is too short to think of these things," said Saltash abruptly.
"Marry her while you can get her and don't be an ass about it! If I had
done the same thing in my youth, I should have been better off than I am
at present."
Bunny smiled a little. "You would probably have been wishing you'd done
the other thing by this time."
"Much you know about it!" returned Saltash with a whimsical frown.
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