Lady Rosamond has kept her secret, therefore the writer will keep it in respect to her ladyship's inward sanctity.

The reader may have gained it; if not, dear reader, you will in the end be rewarded for your patience by a disclosure.

In the meantime let us follow her ladyship through all the perplexing moments of her unhappy existence, admiring the true courage and grateful sentiments which sustain her.
The day appointed for the eventful ceremony had arrived.

Cards of invitation having been issued to the most distinguished nobility throughout the kingdom, a vast assemblage of expectant guests filled the seats and aisles of the ancient gothic cathedral in which the marriage was about to be solemnized.

Happy smiles beamed upon all faces as they glanced around the handsome edifice so beautifully decorated for the occasion.