Susan Denham went to Orwell Court, after all, to take charge of Walter and Fred. Her regret for her cousin only made her more gentle and thoughtful for others; and the boys, though awed at first by her gravity, soon learned to regard her as second only to the Donna.
Nor were they alone in discovering Susan’s excellent qualities, for when Florence and Frank came back to Orwell Court, Mr. Lumley confided to his old college friend the attachment he had formed for Miss Denham, who did not prove insensible to the good vicar’s suit.
But it was not at Orwell Court, dearly though she loved it, that Florence was destined to spend her married life. Mr. Aylwinne had been for some months negotiating for the purchase of Heriton Priory, and the title deeds of the estate were his gift to his bride on the first anniversary of their wedding day.
On the banks of the Coquet, where Florence spent her own sunny girlhood, her children will sport and play; and the sobering recollections of the troubled years spent since she quitted those lovely scenes have chastened the joy of returning to it the fondly loved and contented wife of Frank Dormer.
THE END.
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