"I will tell you who, I think, will be married.
"First, Mr. Alden Lytton and Miss Emma Cavendish.
"Not a prudent marriage for her, because she is a minor, with an immense fortune. And he is a young lawyer, with not a dollar of his own and his way yet to make in the world.
"But what can we do about it?
"With one guardian in her dotage and the other at the antipodes Miss Cavendish is practically, if not legally, her own mistress.
"The only comfort is that the young man in question is rich in everything else, if not in money.
"Well, the second prospective marriage pleases me better. The Rev. Mr. Lyle, a worthy young clergyman, is devoted to Miss Laura Lytton.
"The third approaching nuptials interest me least of all, in any manner. A dark, brigandish-looking Californian, of almost fabulous wealth, who is the friend and guest of Mr. Lyle, has evidently fallen in love at first sight with pretty little sparkling Electra Coroni.
"They have all gone down to Wendover together, and the Lyttons are to make a long visit at Blue Cliffs.
"I must not forget to tell you that worthy young man, Mr. Kyte, has been here inquiring after you with much anxiety. He went back to Wendover a day or two before our young people left.