What fair maiden had conquered at last?
I met him not long after, walking in the street with Florence Williams.

She looked smiling and happy; and his face was brighter than I had ever seen it.

This confirmed to me the rumor.
Mrs.Wallingford was not to be approached on the subject.

If she knew of an intended marriage, she feigned ignorance; and affected not to understand the hints, questions, and surmises of curious neighbors.
A week or two later, and I missed Wallingford from his office.

The lad in attendance said that he was away from the town, but would return in a few days.
"I have a surprise for you," said my wife on that very afternoon.