Soon Raye wrote about the wedding.

Having decided to make the best of what he feared was a piece of romantic folly, he had acquired more zest for the grand experiment.

He wished the ceremony to be in London, for greater privacy.

Edith Harnham would have preferred it at Melchester; Anna was passive.

His reasoning prevailed, and Mrs.Harnham threw herself with mournful zeal into the preparations for Anna's departure.