in and out of her carriage--who will not
disgrace her lord by her ignorance, or fret him by her coquetry, or
disparage him by her talent--how beautiful a thing it is! For my own
part I think that Griselda Grantly was born to be the wife of a great
English peer.

"After all, then," said Miss Dunstable, speaking of Lady
Dumbello--she was Mrs. Thorne at this time--"after all, there is some
truth in what our quaint latter-day philosopher tells us--'Great are
thy powers, O Silence!'" The marriage of our old friends, Dr. Thorne
and Miss Dunstable, was the third on the list, but that did not
take place till the latter end of September. The lawyers on such
an occasion had no inconsiderable work to accomplish, and though
the lady was not coy, nor the gentleman slow, it was not found
practicable to arrange an earlier wedding. The ceremony was performed
at St. George's, Hanover Square, and was not brilliant in any special
degree. London at the time was empty, and the few persons whose
presence was actually necessary were imported from the country for
the occasion. The bride was given away by Dr. Easyman, and the
two bridesmaids ware ladies who had lived with Miss Dunstable as
companions. Young Mr. Gresham and his wife were there, as was also
Mrs. Harold Smith, who was not at all prepared to drop her old friend
in her new sphere of life. "We shall call her Mrs. Thorne instead of
Miss Dunstable, and I really think that will be all the difference,"
said Mrs. Harold Smith. To Mrs. Harold Smith that probably was all
the difference, but it was not so to the persons most concerned.

According to the plan of life arranged between the doctor and his
wife she was still to keep up her house in London, remaining there
during such period of the season as she might choose, and receiving
him when it might appear good to him to visit her; but he was to be
the master in the country. A mansion at the Chace was to be built,
and till such time as that was completed, they would keep on the old
house at Greshamsbury. Into this, small as it was, Mrs. Thorne,--in
spite of her great wealth,--did not disdain to enter. But subsequent
circumstances changed their plans. It was found that Mr. Sowerby
could not or would not live at Chaldicotes; and, therefore, in the
second year of their marriage, that place was prepared for them.
They are now well known to the whole county as Dr. and Mrs. Thorne
of Chaldicotes,--of Chaldicotes, in distinction to the well-kn