"I will leave you for the present, as I suppose you wish to speak with her and I desire to be alone for awhile." "Do not let her presence hasten your departure," said Harry.

"She will be as happy in my company while you are here, as if no third person was present." Alfred smiled faintly as he replied: "Her presence alone does not impel me to leave, but I desire to be alone for a time.

My mind is very much unsettled, and a few moments of solitary thought will restore it to its wonted quietude." Rising from his seat, he bade Harry adieu, and bowing to Emma, who entered at the moment, left the house and bent his steps toward his lodgings.

Dr.Humphries had invited him to be a guest at his house, but he politely but firmly declined the invitation, at the same time his days were spent there with his wife, and it was only in the evening he left, to take a few moments of rest.

From the time he discovered his wife, and she was carried to Dr.Humphries' residence, he had never been to any other place than the doctor's or his lodgings.
Four days after Harry's return, he was seated with Emma in the parlor conversing on the subject of his marriage, which the fair girl desired put off until after Mrs.Wentworth's death, which her father told her could not be postponed many weeks.