Still it is not white; and I heard her say that she had always been determined to be married in white, if she married at all." "Oh, well," said Mr.Embury, "the getting married is the chief thing, and, after it is all over, it won't matter much whether it was done in white or some other colour.

I presume most folks would think it better to be married even in black than not at all." "I think that depends very much upon what sort of husband one gets," laughed Zoe.

"I got married without any bridal finery; but it was a very fortunate thing for me after all," giving her husband a proudly affectionate glance.
"Yes," he said with a smile, "and I wouldn't exchange the wife I got in that way for the most exquisitely attired bride in Christendom." Mrs.Travilla kept her own counsel in regard to her plans for Maud's relief, until breakfast and family worship were over; but then invited Molly to her boudoir, brought out the dress and veil she had been looking at, and disclosed her plan for Maud.
Molly was delighted.
"Oh, cousin, how good in you!" she cried.

"I think Maud will be wild with joy to be so nicely brought out of her difficulty.

For the dress is splendid, and, as you say, hardly out of the present fashion in its make-up.