"I want to look just as beautiful in his sight as I possibly can, that he
may be pleased with me and love me better than ever," was the thought in
her heart. "I am his own wife, and who has a better right to his love than
I? Dear Ned! I hope we'll never quarrel, but always keep the two bears
with us in our home."
Her labors completed, she turned herself about before the pier-glass,
mentally pronounced her attire faultless from the knot of ribbon in her
hair to the dainty boots on the shapely little feet, and her cheek flushed
with pleasure as the mirror told her that face and form were even prettier
than the dress and ornaments that formed a fit setting to their charms.
The hour was almost up. She glanced from the window to see if he were yet
in sight.
He was not, but she wanted a walk, so would go to meet him; he would
dismount at sight of her, and they would walk home together.
Tying on a garden hat and throwing a light shawl about her shoulders, she
hastened down-stairs and out into the grounds.
She had walked more than half the length of the avenue, when she saw the
family carriage turning in at the gates, Edward riding beside it.
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