The wedding was one to draw the curious, the resolutely Republican, the kindred and friends of Jefferson,--who, it was known, had sent the bride a valuable present and a long letter,--the interested in Rand, the inimical, for party and other reasons, to the Churchills and the Carys.

The county knew that Miss Churchill might have had Greenwood.

The knowledge added piquancy to the already piquant fact that she had chosen the house on the Three-Notched Road.

Colonel Churchill and Major Edward, the county knew, would not come to the wedding; neither, of course, would the two Carys; neither, it appeared, would any other Federalist.

The rustling pews looked to all four corners and saw only folk of one watchword.