But it was committed in public, and under circumstances calculated to attract attention and occasion invidious remark.

And then, how were they to meet the different members of the wedding-party, which they had so suddenly thrown into consternation?
On the next day the anxious members of this party made their appearance at Ivy Cliff, not having, up to this time, received any intelligence of the fugitive bride.

Mr.Delancy did not attempt to excuse to them the unjustifiable conduct of his daughter, beyond the admission that she must have been temporarily deranged.

Something was said about resuming the bridal tour, but Mr.Delancy said, "No; the quiet of Ivy Cliff will yield more pleasure than the excitement of travel." And all felt this to be true..