When Mary left Fayetteville, on Wednesday, September 19th, it was “appointed” that he should call on her at Brattleboro on the following Wednesday, and like a true knight he kept his tryst.  That his reception was not frigid may be inferred from the record of the calls that followed in rapid succession, to-wit:  Thursday afternoon; Monday, October 2d, evening; Tuesday afternoon and evening; Wednesday afternoon and evening; Wednesday (October 9th) afternoon and evening; Friday evening; Saturday evening, and Sunday forenoon and evening.

No wonder the report of the bombardment reached the ears of widow Susanna at Windsor, fifty miles away, and Justice and Mrs. Jonathan “expostulated with Mary Almira upon the impropriety, as they called it, of her receiving the attentions of Roswell without informing her mother.”

Space forbids the recital of the uninterrupted, undisturbed, and agreeable conversations between the young twain that are to be found in the pleadings in this case.  They were brought to a sharp conclusion by the receipt of a letter from Susanna ordering her daughter to return to Windsor forthwith.  Justice Jonathan remarked that Mrs. Susanna was “undoubtedly right, for this young lady ought not to be receiving the gallantries from one young gentleman when she was under engagement to another.”

The mother’s letter was received Saturday evening, October 12th, and produced consternation in the breasts of the young lovers, Mary clinging around Roswell’s neck “with all the ardor of youthful, passionate love.”  They resolved to wed without the knowledge, consent, or blessing of Mrs. Susanna or Jeremiah, and on the morning of October 15th, 1832, Roswell went to the house of Justice Jonathan by appointment “to be joined in marriage unto said Mary Almira according to law.”  Justice and Mrs. Jonathan expostulated against such a marriage without Mrs. Susanna being first consulted, and after a long conference Justice Jonathan flatly declined to tie the civil knot.  It was finally decided that the marriage should take place at Putney, a small town of Windham County, some twelve miles on the Post-road to Windsor.  Justice Jonathan proceeded with the young lady in his carriage, and in due course arrived at Putney.  There he was surprised to find the ardent and impatient Roswell, who, although behind at the start, had passed him on the way, and had already made the necessary preparations with Justice of the Peace Asa to perform the statutory ceremony.  This followed “in a solemn, serious, and impressive manner in the front room of the public house, the said Jonathan alone being present besides the parties and the magistrate.”

The relations of Roswell and Mary Almira as man and wife began and ended before Justice Asa in that public house in Putney.  In the language of the pleadings:  “Immediately, within a few minutes after said marriage ceremony, said Mary Almira went with Justice Jonathan toward Windsor, and Roswell in a short time returned to his residence at Fayetteville.”