There he engaged an ordinary but reliable woman, to whom he gave instructions, and sent the pair to the coast.
He instructed his solicitor at Montreal to procure passages for Mrs.
Francis Armour and maid for Liverpool.

Then, by letters, he instructed his solicitor in London to meet Mrs.Francis Armour and maid at Liverpool and take them to Greyhope in Hertfordshire--that is, if General Armour and Mrs.Armour, or some representative of the family, did not meet them when they landed from the steamship.
Presently he sat down and wrote to his father and mother, and asked them to meet his wife and her maid when they arrived by the steamer Aphrodite.

He did not explain to them in precise detail his feelings on Miss Julia Sherwood's marriage, nor did he go into full particulars as to the personality of Mrs.Frank Armour; but he did say that, because he knew they were anxious that he should marry "acceptably," he had married into the aristocracy, the oldest aristocracy of America; and because he also knew they wished him to marry wealth, he sent them a wife rich in virtues--native, unspoiled virtues.

He hoped that they would take her to their hearts and cherish her.

He knew their firm principles of honour, and that he could trust them to be kind to his wife until he returned to share the affection which he was sure would be given to her.