“In the first place,”replied Mr.Gardiner,“there is no absolute proof that they are not gone to Scotland.”
“Well, then―supposing them to be in London. They may be there, though for the purpose of concealment, for no more exceptional purpose. It is not likely that money should be very abundant on either side;and it might strike them that they could be more economically, though less expeditiously, married in London than in Scotland.”