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` Exactly ; and Miss Pew unburdened her mind to him . ' ` Did he think me a dreadful creature ? ' ` He thinks you charming , but that I ought to have gone to the hall-door when I courted you ; as I should have done , dearest , only I wanted to be sure of you first . He was all kindness , and will marry us quietly at nine o'clock to-morrow , just after Matins , when there will be nobody about to stare at us ; and he has promised to say nothing about our marriage until we give him leave to make the fact public . ' ` I am glad of that , ' said Ida , looking at her shabby gown . ` Do you think it will matter much -- will you be very much ashamed of me , if I am married in this threadbare old cashmere ? ' She had a faint hope that he would exclaim , ` My love , I have brought you a wedding dress from Regent Street ; come and see it . '