Evelyn on the afternoon
of the wedding-day itself to assist in her move to the Dower House.
Esther, who had never professed to wish for a hero, had been so much
disturbed by the recent alarms of war, that she was only anxious that
her guardsman should safely sell out in the interval of peace; and he
had begun to care enough about the occupations at Fordham to wish to
be free to make it his chief dwelling-place.
The wedding was as quiet as possible. Sydney was disappointed of the
only bridesmaid she cared much about, and Barbara felt a kind of
relief in not having a second time to assist at the destruction of a
brother's hopes. She was very glad to get back to Fordham, reporting
that Allen and Elvira were so devotedly in love that a third person
was very much de trop; though they had been very kind, and Elvira had
mourned poor Janet with real gratitude and affection. Still they did
not take half so much alarm at the silence as she did, and she was
relieved to be with the Evelyns, who were becoming very anxious. The
bridegroom and bride could not bear to go out of reach of intell-
igence, and had limited their tour to the nearest place on the coast,
where they could hear by half a day's post.
No news had come except that seven American papers had been forwarded
to Barbara, giving brief accounts of the pestilence in the southern
cities.
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