A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 127: what you’re looking at

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@ STUDY IN SCARLET. 119 “ There are stories of her which I would fain disbelieve —stories that she is sealed to some Gentile. This must be the gossip of idle tongues. What is the thirteenth rule in the code of the sainted Joseph Smith? ‘Let every maiden of the true faith marry one of the elect; for if she wed a Gentile, she commits a grievous sin.’ This being so, it is impossible that you, who profess the holy creed, should suffer your daughter to-violate it.” John Ferrier made no answer, but he played nervously with his riding-whip. “Upon this one point your whole faith shall be tested —so it has been decided in the Sacred Council of Four. The girl is young, and we would not have her wed gray -hairs, neither would we deprive her of all choice. We elders have many heifers,* but our children must also be provided. Stangerson has a son, and Drebber has a son, and either of them would gladly welcome your daughter to their house. Let her choose between them. They are young and rich, and of the true faith. What say you to that P” Ferrier remained silent for some little time with his brows knitted. “You will give us time,” he said, at last. “My daughter is very young—she is scarce of an age to marry.” “She shall have a month to choose,” said Young, ris- ing from his seat. “At the end of that time she shalt give her answer.” * Heber C. Kimball, in one of his sermons, alludes to his hundred wives under this endearing epithet. 9)(0)6) SHalC