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The Blue Castle

Mark 4:25

In Chapter 27 of The Blue Castle, Cousin Georgiana makes a proposal of marriage to Valancy from Edward Beck.

“My dear,” said Cousin Georgiana, “Edward Beck wants to marry you.”

Valancy stared at Cousin Georgiana for a moment. Then she wanted to go off into a peal of laughter. But she only said:

“Me?”

“Yes, you. He fell in love with you at the funeral. And he came to consult me about it. I was such a friend of his first wife, you know. He is very much in earnest, Dossie. And its a wonderful chance for you. He’s very well off–and you know–you–you–”

“Am not so young as I once was,” agreed Valancy. “‘To her that hath shall be given.’ Do you really think I would make a good stepmother, Cousin Georgiana?”

Valancy, of course, is already married at this point, hence her quotation.

Mark 4:25
King James Bible

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

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