Fanny wisely consented to come to
England, and she and Stella arranged, if possible, to marry the same
day."

Jack said nothing, he was suddenly awakened from his dream, and he very
soon began to doubt whether he had been as desperately in love with
Fanny as he had supposed after all. At all events he could earnestly
wish her and her husband every happiness.

The wedding took place, and he appeared with as serene a countenance as
Terence, who, at the breakfast made a capital speech, and was the life
of the party.

The same evening Jack, with Terence and the two midshipmen, set off by
the Holyhead mail bound for Ballymacree. Jack did not lose his heart at
first sight, but he, at all events, thought Kathleen Adair more charming
than her West Indian cousins, or any of the young ladies he had met in
the neighbourhood of Halliburton, or, indeed than Fanny Bradshaw
herself. He could not help it, whether wisely or not, telling her so
one day, and as she forthwith accepted him, he had to write home and
inform his father of the fact.

Sir John, in reply, promised his sanction and blessing, provided the
young lady would wait till he was a commander. Kathleen said that she
would wait till he was an admiral, if he wished, but observed that, for
her part, she could not see why a lieutenant should not make as good a
husband as a captain. It was a wonder that the two midshipmen did not
break their necks out hunting, or finish themselves off in some other
way, but happily, while still sound in limb, both they, Jack, and
Terence received orders to join a ship fitting out for the East Indies,
the arrangement having been made, at Sir John's instigation, by their
old friend Admiral Triton.

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