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I do n't know as I 've ever told you about the time Ed Collins and I -- '' A movement on the part of Persis ' disengaged hand checked his confession . `` Thomas , '' she protested while she smiled , `` if you own up to any more things , I declare I believe I 'll have to even up by telling you how old I am . And that 's one thing a woman do n't like to mention , except , of course , to her husband . '' Two days later Diantha Sinclair was married at eight o'clock in the evening . The church was crowded . Wide-eyed girls took in every detail and dreamed of acting the star rôle on a similar happy occasion . Complacent matrons , in their Sunday best , exchanged voluble comments .