"
"Oh, shut up!" said Bunny.
"_Bien, mon cher!_ We return to your affairs. Have you put up the banns
yet? I presume you will allow me to be best man? Get it over soon, I
beseech you! I can't stay here indefinitely. As a matter of fact, I'm
due in Scotland at the present moment. Can't you fix it up immediately?
And you can have the little car and leave of absence till you've got over
it. Old Bishop can run this show till the winter. Maud can fit up the
Dower House for you. And I shall feel at liberty to roam the desert once
more--unencumbered."
"You're jolly decent to me!" said Bunny.
"Think so?" Saltash's brows twitched humorously. "I seem to be
developing a taste for worthy deeds. But there's no reason on earth why
you two shouldn't get married and done for as soon as possible. I'll see
Larpent to-night and tell him, and you can go and see the parson about it
to-morrow. You'll find Nonette won't put any obstacles in the way. She's
a good child and does as she's told."
"No, Toby won't mind," Bunny said, with a sudden memory of her quick
surrender flooding his soul. "By Jove, Charlie! You are a good sort to
help me like this. There's no one else that can get things moving as you
can.
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