She had scarcely begun to read it attentively, when the door opened and Miriam came in.
Her face was pale with agitation, and her eyes had the strangest light in them; to one who knew nothing of the circumstances, she would have appeared exultant.

Eleanor could not but gaze at her intently.
"From Reuben!" "Yes." Miriam suppressed her voice, and held out the sheet of note-paper, which fluttered.

"Read it." The body of the letter was as follows:-- "I hope we have caused you no anxiety; from the first moment when our departure was known, you must have understood that we had resolved to put an end to useless delay.

We travelled to London as brother and sister, and to-day have become man and wife.

The above will be our address for a short time; we have not yet decided where we shall ultimately live.
"By this same post I write to Mallard, addressed to him at the villa.