They are made to be broken.

Moreover, by no stretch of the imagination could this contract be looked upon as sacred and it certainly would not look pretty if exposed to a court of law.

Her sole thought now was to have it all safely over with.

Then perhaps she could smile once more.
In the home of the bridegroom, preparations for the event were scant and of a perfunctory nature.

Mr.Templeton Thorpe ordered a new suit of clothes for himself--or, to be quite precise, he instructed Wade to order it.