It was delightfully cool under the locusts, and we knew it would be our last morning with Eugenia; that after the arrival of the rest of the bridal party, everything would be in confusion until after the wedding, and then she would never be Eugenia Forbes again.

She would be Mrs.Stuart Tremont.
"She told us that her being married wouldn't make any difference, that she'd always be the same to us.

But it's bound to make a difference.

A married woman can't be interested in the same things that young girls are.

Her husband is bound to come first in her consideration.
"Joyce asked her if it didn't make her feel queer to know that her wedding-day was coming closer and closer, and quoted that line from 'The Siege of Lucknow,'-- '_Day by day the Bengal tiger nearer drew and closer crept_.' She said she'd have a fit if she knew her wedding-day was creeping up on her that way.