Bachelor's Wedding, chapter 6

Of course, Araminta makes up her mind to marry Jason. He comes over to help her break the news to Mr. Smith and Alice, who are rather rude about it. Indeed, once they get Araminta alone, Alice is indignant that Araminta is leaving them in the lurch, and Mr. Smith doubts Araminta's future happiness, predicting that "he'll probably be ashamed of you among all his lofty friends" (p. 110).
After agreeing to marry Jason, Araminta realizes that she doesn't know much about him. Really! Here's what she says: "I'll marry you whenever you want me to, but I don't know anything about you - only that you are a surgeon and live here." (p. 106. My SO commented that she has a pretty bad home life, so of course she wants to escape - anything is better than the alternative. Good point). Anyway, Jason laughes and replies (as so many Betts heroes do): "Supposing we get married first and take our time to get to know each other later?"
See, here's where the wheels fall off the "Araminta is sensible" theory, because - really! I know arranged marriages work well in quite a few cultures, and marrying for love isn't all it's cracked up to be, but in this case they would both be equally well-served with a bit more assertiveness. Then Araminta could leave home and be trained for a career, and Jason could say no to all those women who call up to ask him out. To her credit, she does reflect that "she must be out of her mind" (p. 107).
Jason sends Mr. Smith money to pass on to Araminta so she can buy a wedding outfit. Predictably, Mr. Smith takes half of it for Alice. Araminta still manages to buy a burgundy and dark green suit, with a hat to match.
Jason mentions his second house, a cottage in Essex with a large garden.