What annoyed Mr.Thorpe most was the young man's unaccountable disposition to desert him in his hour of need.

In his querulous tirade, he described his grandson over and over again as an ingrate, a traitor, a good-for-nothing without the slightest notion of what an obligation means.
He did not know, and was not to know for many days, that his grandson had purposely left town with the determination not to return until the ill- mated couple were well on their way to the Southland, where the ludicrous honeymoon was to be spent.

And so it was that the old family doctor had to be called in to take charge of Mr.Thorpe in place of the youngster on whom he had spent so much money and of whom he expected such great and glorious things.
He would not listen to a word concerning a postponement.

Miss Tresslyn was called up on the telephone by Wade at eight o'clock in the morning, and notified of the distressing situation.

What was to be done?
At first no one seemed to know what _could_ be done, and there was a tremendous flurry that for the time being threatened to deprive Mr.Thorpe of a mother-in- law before the time set for her to actually become one.