`` One might just as well be married at two hours ' notice as two days ' , '' she said . `` Una , '' said the young man , bending towards her , `` will you marry me here and now ? Do n't send me away alone to the other side of the world , Una . '' `` What on earth would Auntie say ? '' said Una helplessly . `` Mrs. Franklin would n't object if you told her you were going to be married in a balloon . '' `` I do n't see how we could arrange -- oh , Ted , it 's absurd . '' '' 'T is n't . It 's highly sensible . I 'll go straight to town on my wheel for the licence and ring and I 'll be back in an hour . You can be ready by that time . '' For a moment Una hesitated . Then she said suddenly to me , `` What is your name , dearie ? '' `` Sue Murray , '' I said , `` and this is my brother , Johnny . We 're twins . We 've been twins for ten years . '' `` Well , Sue , I 'm going to let you decide for me . This gentleman here , whose name is Theodore Prentice , has to start for Japan in two days and will have to remain there for four years . He received his orders only yesterday . He wants me to marry him and go with him .
Now , I shall leave it to you XXXXX consent or refuse for me .
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