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The committee had doubts on the subject and waited in person on Miss Hunter , but she persuaded them as she had persuaded Cleary , and furthermore convinced them that whether they were persuaded or not the marriage would take place . Marian determined to fix the hour for the next day . She pledged the committee to secrecy , and no word of the proposed wedding got into the papers . At noon a clergyman was called into the hotel , and in Sam 's private sitting-room the pair were married with Cleary and a few of the members of the committee as witnesses . Almost before the ceremony was over they could hear the newsboys crying out the tidings of the event . `` It 's out of the question to talk about a wedding-tour , '' said Sam , after the ceremony . `` I ca n't walk in the streets alone without being mobbed , and with Marian we could not keep the clothes on our backs .