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"As we were about starting I ventured to ask, 'Papa, haven't you forgotten to send my presents to Pinegrove? He smiled and said, 'No, my darling, in a very pleasant tone, but that was all, and when we came back I noticed that the presents were still in a closet in my dressing room where they had lain ever since they were bought. "I was quite puzzled to understand it, but I asked no questions.
Little had been said at Pinegrove about the approaching marriage, but it came under discussion at Roselands, and to the extreme satisfaction of the two little Elsies it was decided that they should act as flower girls, as they had at Rosie's wedding.
Close to its mouth, and not more than two leagues from where I stood, rose the spires and towers of stately Bristol, the Queen of the West, which was and still may be the second city in the kingdom. The forests of masts which shot up like a pinegrove above the roofs of the houses bore witness to the great trade both with Ireland and with the Plantations which had built up so flourishing a city.
Even if he wished to be faithful to her, he could not really care for her as he could for an Englishwoman. As soon as Geoffrey Barrington had left the house, Mr. Ito went in search of the head of the Fujinami, whom he found at work on the latest literary production of his tame students, The Pinegrove by the Sea-shore. Mr.
"Keith," said Captain Raymond, "send your plate up again; I see it is almost empty." "Thank you, no; I want to save some appetite for the later breakfast that I am told I must share with the rest of you at Pinegrove. Our good friends there might feel hurt should I do it scant justice." "How soon do we go, papa?" asked Grace. "As soon after prayers as the ladies are dressed and ready."
The Pinegrove party was a success, everybody enjoying it fully; the very young in playing games, the older ones strolling about the grounds, chatting, laughing, singing. The breakfast, quite a grand affair, was served about noon, and some two hours after it was over they all left the grove for Roselands.
"'We will see about it, he answered; 'we have plenty of time; there are two days yet, and it will not take a messenger half an hour to travel from here to Pinegrove. "So I said no more, for I never was allowed to tease.
"Yes, daughter," he replied; "and now we can feel free for the day. I hope it will be a pleasant one to you." "I expect it to be, papa," she returned; "Pinegrove is a beautiful place, and the Howards are delightful people. No relation to me, but tolerably near cousins to Mamma Vi, you know." "Yes; Mrs. Howard being half sister to her grandfather," he said with an amused look.
Travilla and Rosie returned to Ion that evening, but scarcely a day passed while the preparations for the wedding were going on, without more or less interchange of visits among the young people of that place, Woodburn, Fairview, and the Oaks and Pinegrove. Naturally the deepest interest was felt and shown by the ladies and young girls, but brothers and cousins were by no means indifferent.
They drove to Pinegrove, and afterward to Roselands, in the same carriage, but it had a number of other occupants, and the conversation was general. But, fortunately for Lucilla, she had no suspicion of his designs upon her, so was entirely at her ease with him.
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