In the interval, while the bride and bridegroom would be necessarily absent on the inevitable tour abroad, a sister of Mrs.Carbury volunteered to stay with her during the temporary separation from her niece.

On the conclusion of the honeymoon, the young couple were to return to Ireland, and were to establish themselves in Mrs.Carbury's spacious and comfortable house.
These arrangements were decided upon early in the month of August.
About the same date, the last alterations in the old palace at Venice were completed.

The rooms were dried by steam; the cellars were stocked; the manager collected round him his army of skilled servants; and the new hotel was advertised all over Europe to open in October..