"Letters will
hardly find her now, and I have not settled to anything. The dear
old Doctor's legacy will find the means."
"And I am sure you want the rest of the voyage. I don't like the
looks of you, my Jockey."
"I shall be all right when this is over," said Jock, with an
endeavour at laughing; "but I find I am a greater fool than I thought
I was, and I had much better be out of the way of it all till it is a
fait accompli."
"It" was of course John's marriage. This was the first time Jock had
seen the lovers together. In spite of vehement talking and laughing,
warm greetings to everyone, and playing at every interval with the
little cousins, Jock could not hide from either of the mothers that
the sight cost him a good deal, all the more because the showing the
Belforest haunts to Sydney had always been a favourite scheme,
hitherto unfulfilled; nor was there any avoiding family consult-
ations, which resulted in the fixing of the wedding for the middle of
September, so that there might be time for a short tour before they
settled down to John's work in London.
Mrs. Evelyn begged that Barbara would come to her whilst her mother
and brother were away, Armine would be at his theological college,
and there was nothing to detain Mrs.
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