"Anything," said Barney recklessly.
"Only one thing. You are never, under any circumstances or under any provocation, to cast it up to me that I asked you to marry me."
The next chapter is a letter from Valancy's cousin Olive to her fiance Cecil, in which she is sulkily relating to him Valancy's good fortune:
"It's really disgusting that Doss' crazy adventures should have turned out like this. It makes one feel that there is no use in behaving properly."
She also relates to him that Doc Redfern gave Barney & Valancy two million dollars as a wedding gift and that they're going off on a belated honeymoon trip, first to Italy, then to Egypt, and then to Normandy. She concludes in disgust:
"Uncle Ben is a scream. Likewise Uncle James. The fuss they all make over Doss now is absolutely sickening. To hear Aunt Amelia talking of 'my son-in-law, Bernard Redfern' and 'my daughter, Mrs. Bernard Redfern.' Mother and Father are as bad as the rest. And they can't see that Valancy is just laughing at them all in her sleeve."
The book concludes with Valancy and Barney locking up their cabin as they prepare to leave on their wedding trip. Valancy is in tears at the thought of leaving for so long but Barney comforts her, saying that they'll be back and in the meantime will have a wonderful honeymoon.
"Valancy smiled through her tears. She was so happy that her happiness terrified her. But, despite the delights before her--'the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome'--lure of the ageless Nile--glamour of the Riviera--mosque and palace and minaret--she knew perfectly well that no spot or place or home in the world could ever possess the sorcery of her Blue Castle."