The fairest and sweetest were selected for the room _not yet occupied_; and though one day after another passed away and he came not, the scent of the blossoms lingered in the apartment, and diffusing in it an atmosphere of home love, prepared it for the wanderer's return.
Every afternoon the carriage was sent to the depot, which was several miles from Grandison Place, to meet the traveller, and again and again it returned empty.
"Let us go ourselves," said Mrs.Linwood, beginning to be restless and anxious.

And they went--she and Edith.

Though it was Saturday and I was free, I did not accompany them, for I felt that a stranger to him should not "intermeddle with their joy." Partaking of the restlessness of baffled expectation, I could not fix my mind on any occupation.

I seated myself in the window recess and began to read, but my eyes were constantly wandering to the road, watching for the dust cloud that would roll before the advancing carriage.
Dissatisfied with myself, I strolled out on the lawn, and seating myself on the rustic bench with my back to the gate, resolutely fastened my eyes to the pages I had been vainly fluttering.
Shall I tell how foolish I had been?
Though I said to myself a hundred times, "he will not look at me, or notice me at all," I had taken unusual pains with my dress, which though still characterized with the simplicity of mourning, was relieved of its severity of outline.

A fall of lace softened the bands of the neck and arms, which were embellished by a necklace and bracelets, which I valued more than any earthly possession.