I meant but pleasantry . And if I talk of women , it is because I heard ye were to marry . '' `` I to marry ! '' Dick exclaimed . `` Well , it is the first I hear of it . And with whom was I to marry ? '' `` One Joan Sedley , '' replied Matcham , colouring . `` It was Sir Daniel 's doing ; he hath money to gain upon both sides ; and , indeed , I have heard the poor wench bemoaning herself pitifully of the match . It seems she is of your mind , or else distasted to the bridegroom . '' `` Well ! marriage is like death , it comes to all , '' said Dick , with resignation . `` And she bemoaned herself ? I pray ye now , see there how shuttle-witted are these girls : to bemoan herself before that she had seen me ! Do I bemoan myself ? Not I . An I be to marry , I will marry dry-eyed ! But if ye know her , prithee , of what favour is she ? fair or foul ? And is she shrewish or pleasant ? '' `` Nay , what matters it ? ''
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