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Updated: June 4, 2025
"But there is a horrid condition attached to it " "Something worse than perjury, Mr. Linzie? Murder?" "I'll tell you directly, Lady Winwood. The marriage comes first. The condition follows. There is only one chance for us. We must be married by banns." "Banns!" cried Natalie. "Why, banns are publicly proclaimed in church!" "They needn't be proclaimed in your church, you goose," said Lady Winwood.
Natalie stopped, and clasped her hands in despair of finding language strong enough for the occasion. At the same moment the sound of a closing gate caught her ear. She looked round. Launce had kept his appointment before his time. Launce was in the garden, rapidly approaching them. "Now for the Law of Clandestine Marriage!" said Lady Winwood. "Mr. Linzie, we will take it sitting."
"I cannot prevent Linzie from being received in this house, and at your sister's," he said; "but I can keep him out of my house in the country, and to the country let us go. I propose a change in the arrangements. Have you any engagement for the Christmas holidays?" He paused, and fixed his eyes attentively on Sir Joseph.
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