A profusion of "Oh's!" described Dahlia's impressions of Italy; and "Oh! the heat!" showed her to be mortal, notwithstanding the sublime exclamations.

Como received the blissful couple.

Dahlia wrote from Como:-- "Tell father that gentlemen in my Edward's position cannot always immediately proclaim their marriage to the world.

There are reasons.

I hope he has been very angry with me: then it will be soon over, and we shall be--but I cannot look back.