CHAPTER VI
THE IDEA OF THE DUCHESS
POLLYOOLY was pleased to have played so full a part in uniting two loving hearts; but she could have wished the process longer so that she could have earned more money as love's messenger. However, she was not ill content; the affair had swelled her bank account.
It was destined to swell it yet further, for at breakfast on the fourth morning after the elopement the Honorable John Ruffin said to her, "I have news from Captain Croome. So far, at any rate, we seem to have no reason to reproach ourselves for having married them. They are still happy. It is a very comforting thought."
"Yes, sir," said Pollyooly gravely.
"Also Captain Croome has sent you a check for ten pounds to buy you a brooch or a bracelet, since you acted as bridesmaid; and it is the duty, or rather
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