CHAPTER XI.
THE WILES OF THE SIREN.
When the bridal pair had started on their journey the wedding guests dispersed.
Old Aaron Rockharrt and his family returned to their town house.
The next morning Mr. Clarence went back to North End to look after the works. Cadet Haught left for West Point.
Mr. Rockharrt and Mrs. Rothsay were alone in their city home.
Old Aaron Rockharrt continued to give dinners and suppers to noted politicians until the end of the session and the adjournment of the legislature.
The family returned to Rockhold in May. Here they lived a very monotonous life, whose dullness and gloom pressed very heavily upon the young widow.
Mr. Rockharrt and Mr. Clarence rode out every day to the works and returned late in the afternoon.
Cora occupied herself in completing the biography of her late husband, which had been interrupted by the season in the city.