Only such a woman could be worthy of -- of -- a fine , noble man . But when I tried to say something like this to Sara she replied calmly : `` My dear child , the average woman is quite good enough for the average man . If she can cook his meals decently and keep his buttons sewed on and does n't nag him he will think that life is a pretty comfortable affair . And that reminds me , I saw holes in your black lace stockings yesterday . Better go and darn them at once . ` Procrastination is the thief of time . ' '' Sara can not understand . Blanche Lawrence was married yesterday to Ted Martin . I thought it the most solemn and sacred thing I had ever listened to -- the marriage ceremony , I mean . I had never thought much about it before . I do n't see how Blanche could care anything for Ted -- he is so stout and dumpy ; with shallow blue eyes and a little pale moustache . I must say I do not like fair men . But there is no doubt that he and Blanche love each other devotedly and that fact sufficed to make the service very beautiful to me -- those two people pledging each other to go through life together , meeting its storm and sunshine hand in hand , thinking joy the sweeter because they shared it , finding sorrow sacred because it came to them both . When Sara and I walked home from the church Sara said , `` Well , considering the chances she has had , Blanche Lawrence has n't done so well after all . '' `` Oh , Sara , '' I cried , `` she has married the man she loves and who loves her . What better is there to do ? I thought it beautiful . '' `` They should have waited another year at least , '' said Sara severely . `` Ted Martin has only been practising law for a year , and he had nothing to begin with . He ca n't have made enough in one year in Atwater to justify him in setting up housekeeping .
I think a man ought to be ashamed XXXXX himself to take a girl from a good home to an uncertainty like that . ''
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