The mere knowing that he had written made her so happy that she could not even be angry with her mother, though a shadow flitted over her face, when her reverie was broken by the entrance of Madam Richards, who had come to see what she thought of fitting up the west chambers for John's wife, instead of the north ones.
"I have a letter from him," she said.

"They are to be married the ---- day of April, which leaves us only five weeks more, as they will start at once for Terrace Hill.

Do, Anna, look interested," she continued, rather pettishly, as Anna did not seem very attentive.

"I am so bothered.

I want to see you alone," and she cast a furtive glance at Adah, who left the room, while madam plunged at once into the matter agitating her so much.
She had fully intended going to Kentucky with her son, but 'Lina had objected, and the doctor had written, saying she must not go.
"I have not the money myself," he wrote, "and I'll have to get trusted for my wedding suit, so you must appeal to Anna's good nature for the wherewithal with which to fix the rooms.