But still nothing was settled about the wedding. Trevelyan's condition
was so uncertain that it was very difficult to settle anything. Though
nothing was said on the subject between Stanbury and Mrs Trevelyan, and
nothing written between Nora and her sister, it could not but be
remembered that should Trevelyan die, his widow would require a home
with them. They were deterred from choosing a house by this reflection,
and were deterred from naming a day also by the consideration that
were they to do so, Trevelyan's state might still probably prevent it.
But this was arranged, that if Trevelyan lived through the winter, or
even if he should not live, their marriage should not be postponed
beyond the end of March. Till that time Lord Peterborough would remain
at Monkhams, and it was understood that Nora's invitation extended to
that period.
'If my wife does not get tired of you, I shall not,' Lord Peterborough
said to Nora. 'The thing is that when you do go we shall miss you so
terribly.' In September, too, there happened another event which took
Stanbury to Exeter, and all needful particulars as to that event shall
be narrated in the next chapter.
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