So much the Doctor discovered about them--and no more.
On the day of the wedding, after a feeble struggle with himself, he actually sacrificed his patients and their guineas, and slipped away secretly to see the marriage.

To the end of his life, he was angry with anybody who reminded him of what he had done on that day! The wedding was strictly private.

A close carriage stood at the church door; a few people, mostly of the lower class, and mostly old women, were scattered about the interior of the building.

Here and there Doctor Wybrow detected the faces of some of his brethren of the club, attracted by curiosity, like himself.

Four persons only stood before the altar--the bride and bridegroom and their two witnesses.