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It being now two o'clock, the major ordered a black bombazine frock coat from Wyman's, and the committee of reception having arrived with a carriage, he immediately entered it, and was rolled away for the City Hall, where he was received with much pomp and ceremony by Don Fernando, who embraced the opportunity to make a speech, such as, he fancied, Demosthenes never excelled.
The door was flung wide open, and Florence and her husband stood before them. The children were in the garden just at that moment. The tea-bell rang, and soon they all formed a happy group around the bounteous board. Revelations come to us sometimes in flashes, at others in partial glimpses. The revelation of Hugh Wyman's feelings towards one he had known but as a friend, came slowly.
Life opened daily to her such rich opportunities for usefulness and growth, that no day seemed long enough to execute her plans. Mr. Temple, whom the reader will remember as one of the guests of the party, came often to Mr. Wyman's, and soon found himself greatly interested in Miss Vernon.
Wyman's promise, had come to enjoy the pleasures and beauties of the seaside for a few weeks, as well as to see the different phases of human character which were daily thronging there. It was intensely interesting to Miss Vernon to watch the child's eager interest in this glorious display of nature, and her strange insight into the character of the people with whom they were in daily contact.
Lusignan from Mr. Wyman and Dr. Snell. Mr. Wyman's letter: DEAR SIR, I am sorry to hear from Miss Lusignan that she intends to discontinue medical advice. The disorder was progressing favorably, and nothing to be feared, under proper treatment. Yours, etc. Dr. Snell's letter: DEAR SIR, Miss Lusignan has written to me somewhat impatiently and seems disposed to dispense with my visits.
"He's an old friend of the family's." "Yes," was the reply. "But suppose they have a mortgage on his business?" "But why not buy the road and be done with it?" added Montague, in perplexity. The other laughed. "I am reminded of a famous saying of Wyman's, 'Why should I buy stock when I can buy directors?" "It's those same people who are watching you now," he continued, after a pause.
In the evening they sat together, father, child, and teacher, or companion, as she really was to them, in the library, communing in silence, no word breaking the spell, until Dawn did so by asking Miss Vernon if she played. She glanced longingly at the beautiful instrument, which had not been opened since Mrs. Wyman's death, and said,
Miss Vernon passed her time very happily, dividing it between teaching, study, and labor, and found herself improving daily, both spiritually and physically; indeed, such a change had come over her whole nature, that she could scarce believe herself the same being that entered Mr. Wyman's home, three years previous.
An hour later they were on their way to a quiet village, a few miles from the Wyman's, where lived a friend of Dawn and her father, with whom she would stay a few days. The ride was delightful, and their communion so close and deep, that when they parted, it seemed as though they had never realized before, their need of each other.
He used to be managing editor of the Gazette, you know; and he made his fortune selling the policy of that paper its financial news is edited to this very hour in the offices of Wyman's bankers, and I can prove it to anybody who wants me to. That's the sort of proposition a man's up against; and what's the use of gathering the news?"
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