Many an eye followed them, but none more curiously and eagerly than Barbara Hare's.

"Where is he going to take her to ?" involuntarily uttered Barbara.
"How should I know ?" returned Miss Corny.

"Barbara, you have done nothing but fidget all the night; what's the matter with you?
Folks come to a concert to listen, not to talk and fidget." Isabel's mantle was procured from the ante-room where it had been left, and she descended the stairs with Mr.Carlyle.The carriage was drawn up close to the entrance, and the coachman had his reins gathered, ready to start.

The footman--not the one who had gone upstairs--threw open the carriage door as he saw her.

He was new in the service, a simple country native, just engaged.