Ten at night
I suppose the Melmoths have spirited him up to this . One o'clock . Emily is strangely reserved to me ; she avoids seeing me alone , and when it happens talks of the weather ; papa is however in her confidence : he is as strong an advocate for this milky baronet as Mrs. Melmoth . Ten at night . All is over , Lucy ; that is to say , all is fixed : they are to be married on Monday next at the Recollects church , and to set off immediately for Montreal : my father has been telling me the whole plan of operations : we go up with them , stay a fortnight , then all come down , and show away till summer , when the happy pair embark in the first ship for England . Emily is really what one would call a prudent pretty sort of woman , I did not think it had been in her : she is certainly right , there is danger in delay ; she has a thousand proverbs on her side ; I thought what all her fine sentiments would come to ; she should at least have waited for mamma 's consent ; this hurry is not quite consistent with that extreme delicacy on which she piques herself ; it looks exceedingly as if she was afraid of losing him . I do n't love her half so well as I did three days ago ; I hate discreet young ladies that marry and settle ; give me an agreable fellow and a knapsack .