\"Oh—\" Mrs. Welland murmured, while the young man, smiling at his betrothed, replied: \"As soon as ever it can, if only you'll back me up, Mrs. Mingott.\"
\"We must give them time to get to know each other a little better, mamma,\" Mrs. Welland interposed, with the proper affectation of reluctance; to which the ancestress rejoined: \"Know each other? Fiddlesticks! Everybody in New York has always known everybody. Let the young man have his way,
\"Oh—\" Mrs. Welland murmured, while the young man, smiling at his betrothed, replied: \"As soon as ever it can, if only you'll back me up, Mrs. Mingott.\"
\"We must give them time to get to know each other a little better, mamma,\" Mrs. Welland interposed, with the proper affectation of reluctance; to which the ancestress rejoined: \"Know each other? Fiddlesticks! Everybody in New York has always known everybody. Let the young man have his way,
