And it was settled that we should all be there by eleven o'clock.

My uncle and aunt and I were to go together; and the others were to meet us at the church.

Well, Monday morning came, and I was in such a fuss! I was so afraid, you know, that something would happen to put it off, and then I should have gone quite distracted.

And there was my aunt, all the time I was dressing, preaching and talking away just as if she was reading a sermon.

However, I did not hear above one word in ten, for I was thinking, you may suppose, of my dear Wickham.