2. MORNINGHer brother Owen was staying with Manston at the Old House.
Contrary to the opinion of the doctors, the wound had healed after
the first surgical operation, and his leg was gradually acquiring
strength, though he could only as yet get about on crutches, or
ride, or be dragged in a chair.
Miss Aldclyffe had arranged that Cytherea should be married from
Knapwater House, and not from her brother's lodgings at Budmouth,
which was Cytherea's first idea. Owen, too, seemed to prefer the
plan. The capricious old maid had latterly taken to the
contemplation of the wedding with even greater warmth than had at
first inspired her, and appeared determined to do everything in her
power, consistent with her dignity, to render the adjuncts of the
ceremony pleasing and complete.
But
