It was not new to her, and moreover she was not in love with Westmorland at all; and why Nelly should have chosen this particular spot, to live in, while George was at the war, she did not understand.

She believed there was some sentimental reason.

They had first seen him in the Lakes--just before the war--when they two girls and their father were staying actually in this very lodging-house.

But sentimental reasons are nothing.
Well, the thing was done.

Nelly was married, and in another week, George would be at the front.