"My father says the ceremony ought to be performed in his house, since one of the contracting parties in each case is his child," said Claudina; "but Dr. Grange can't see the force of the argument."
"No," said Lu, "both he and mother say that it is always at the house of the bride's parents the ceremony should be performed."
"Can't you compromise by having it in the church?" asked Mildred.
"That is what we'll have to do, I presume," said Claudina, "if we are to have a double wedding. And O Mildred! if you and Wallace would only make up a match and let us have a triple one, I think it would be just splendid."
"And so do I," chimed in Lu. "Now what's to hinder?"
"A good deal," replied Mildred with a smile and a blush. "I doubt if it wouldn't make three or four people unhappy for life."
"What can you mean! I've been perfectly sure for years past that Wallace adored you," was Claudina's surprised exclamation.
Mildred's only reply was a quiet smile.
"And I dare say he must have popped the question before this," Claudina went on teasingly; "so now do be good and obliging enough to fall in with my plan, for it's a capital one. Isn't it, Lu?"
"Oh! just lovely," was the eager rejoinder. "Mildred, do; that's a dear!"