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’
My
dear
aunt
,
we
don
’
t
know
that
!
Suppose
you
ask
Arthur
?
’
’
Suppose
you
ask
him
?
’
Miss
Haldane
bent
her
head
again
over
her
work
.
Suddenly
as
it
was
done
,
her
aunt
had
seen
her
face
—
and
her
face
betrayed
her
.
When
Arthur
came
the
next
day
,
Mrs
.
Carbury
said
a
word
to
him
in
private
,
while
her
niece
was
in
the
garden
.
The
last
new
novel
lay
neglected
on
the
table
.
Arthur
followed
Miss
Haldane
into
the
garden
.
The
next
day
he
wrote
home
,
enclosing
in
his
letter
a
photograph
of
Miss
Haldane
.
Before
the
end
of
the
week
,
Sir
Theodore
and
Lady
Barville
arrived
at
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
,
and
formed
their
own
judgment
of
the
fidelity
of
the
portrait
They
had
themselves
married
early
in
life
—
and
,
strange
to
say
,
they
did
not
object
on
principle
to
the
early
marriages
of
other
people
.
The
question
of
age
being
thus
disposed
of
,
the
course
of
true
love
had
no
other
obstacles
to
encounter
.
Miss
Haldane
was
an
only
child
,
and
was
possessed
of
an
ample
fortune
.
Arthur
’
s
career
at
the
university
had
been
creditable
,
but
certainly
not
brilliant
enough
to
present
his
withdrawal
in
the
light
of
a
disaster
.
As
Sir
Theodore
’
s
eldest
son
,
his
position
was
already
made
for
him
.
He
was
two
-
and
-
twenty
years
of
age
;
and
the
young
lady
was
eighteen
.
There
was
really
no
producible
reason
for
keeping
the
lovers
waiting
,
and
no
excuse
for
deferring
the
wedding
-
day
beyond
the
first
week
in
September
.
In
the
interval
,
while
the
bride
and
bridegroom
would
be
necessarily
absent
on
the
inevitable
tour
abroad
,
a
sister
of
Mrs
.
Carbury
volunteered
to
stay
with
her
during
the
temporary
separation
from
her
niece
.
On
the
conclusion
of
the
honeymoon
,
the
young
couple
were
to
return
to
Ireland
,
and
were
to
establish
themselves
in
Mrs
.
Carbury
’
s
spacious
and
comfortable
house
.
These
arrangements
were
decided
upon
early
in
the
month
of
August
.
About
the
same
date
,
the
last
alterations
in
the
old
palace
at
Venice
were
completed
.
The
rooms
were
dried
by
steam
;
the
cellars
were
stocked
;
the
manager
collected
round
him
his
army
of
skilled
servants
;
and
the
new
hotel
was
advertised
all
over
Europe
to
open
in
October
.
(
MISS
AGNES
LOCKWOOD
TO
MRS
.
FERRARI
)
’
I
promised
to
give
you
some
account
,
dear
Emily
,
of
the
marriage
of
Mr
.
Arthur
Barville
and
Miss
Haldane
.
It
took
place
ten
days
since
.
But
I
have
had
so
many
things
to
look
after
in
the
absence
of
the
master
and
mistress
of
this
house
,
that
I
am
only
able
to
write
to
you
to
-
day
.
’
The
invitations
to
the
wedding
were
limited
to
members
of
the
families
on
either
side
,
in
consideration
of
the
ill
health
of
Miss
Haldane
’
s
aunt
.
On
the
side
of
the
Montbarry
family
,
there
were
present
,
besides
Lord
and
Lady
Montbarry
,
Sir
Theodore
and
Lady
Barville
;
Mrs
.
Norbury
(
whom
you
may
remember
as
his
lordship
’
s
second
sister
)
;
and
Mr
.
Francis
Westwick
,
and
Mr
.
Henry
Westwick
.
The
three
children
and
I
attended
the
ceremony
as
bridesmaids
.
We
were
joined
by
two
young
ladies
,
cousins
of
the
bride
and
very
agreeable
girls
.
Our
dresses
were
white
,
trimmed
with
green
in
honour
of
Ireland
;
and
we
each
had
a
handsome
gold
bracelet
given
to
us
as
a
present
from
the
bridegroom
.
If
you
add
to
the
persons
whom
I
have
already
mentioned
,
the
elder
members
of
Mrs
.
Carbury
’
s
family
,
and
the
old
servants
in
both
houses
—
privileged
to
drink
the
healths
of
the
married
pair
at
the
lower
end
of
the
room
—
you
will
have
the
list
of
the
company
at
the
wedding
-
breakfast
complete
.
’
The
weather
was
perfect
,
and
the
ceremony
(
with
music
)
was
beautifully
performed
.
As
for
the
bride
,
no
words
can
describe
how
lovely
she
looked
,
or
how
well
she
went
through
it
all
.
We
were
very
merry
at
the
breakfast
,
and
the
speeches
went
off
on
the
whole
quite
well
enough
.
