"But if he is practically married to the other woman. . . ."
"Not he married. Whoever thinks about marriage in company like that? You
might as well talk about marriage in the hen coop."
"But all the same if he cares for her, Auntie. . . ."
"Who says he cares for her? And if he does he'll settle her off and get
rid of her before he marries you."
"But will that be right?" I said, whereupon my aunt rested her iron and
looked at me as if I had said something shameful.
"Mary O'Neill, what do you mean? Of course it will be right. He
shouldn't have two women, should he? Do you think the man's a barn-door
rooster?"
My confusion was increasing, but I said that in any case my intended
husband could not care for _me_, or he would have seen more of me.
"Oh, you'll see enough of him by and by. Don't you worry about that."