" "So Milly ain't my lawful wife, den?" "She may be your wife in one sense of the word, but not in such a sense as to render you liable to punishment for bigamy if you should marry another woman.

He did not feel like working, but aunt Milly was the undisputed head of the establishment, and he did not dare to openly neglect his work.

But Milly was a pretty and a clever creature in spite of her uncouth dialect, and I liked her very much.