“And did you keep the fire up in my room?”
“Yes’m.”
“That is right. The evenings are real chilly and damp for the time of year. Come in.”
And the careful wife and mother led the way into the house.
Richard Hammond was the first of the absentees to return to Old Lyon Hall. He came one afternoon, bringing with him a large packet of handsomely engraved wedding cards and a bundle of documents, all of which he placed in Drusilla’s charge to be delivered to General Lyon on the General’s arrival. Then he took leave of Drusilla, and went over to Hammond House to wait there until the return of his uncle and his betrothed.
Two days afterwards, General Lyon and Anna came home.
Anna was attended by a pair of dressmakers, and enriched with no end of finery.
General Lyon was followed by a French cook and his apprentices.
Richard Hammond came over to meet them, and consult over the latest improvements of the bridal programme.
And now the business of preparation was accelerated.