There could surely be no such slip! Should there be such a fall,--should any such fate, either by falseness or misfortune, come upon her,--no such caution could be of service to save her.

The cup would have been so shattered in its fall that no further piecing of its parts would be in any way possible.

So much as this she did not exactly say to herself; but she felt it all, and went bravely forward,--bold in her love, and careful to hide it from none who chanced to see it.
They had gone through the ceremony with the cake and teacups, and had decided that, at any rate, the first dance or two should be held upon the lawn when the last of the guests arrived.
"Oh, Adolphus, I am so glad he has come," said Lily.

"Do try to like him." Of Dr Crofts, who was the new comer, she had sometimes spoken to her lover, but she had never coupled her sister's name with that of the doctor, even in speaking to him.

Nevertheless, Crosbie had in some way conceived the idea that this Crofts either had been, or was, or was to be, in love with Bell; and as he was prepared to advocate his friend Dale's claims in that quarter, he was not particularly anxious to welcome the doctor as a thoroughly intimate friend of the family.