Would she not be blamed as a party in the deception?
Ought she not to tell Anna frankly that she knew her brother's betrothed?
She did not know, and the harassing anxiety wore upon her faster than all the work she had to do.
Anna seemed very happy.

Excitement was what she needed, and never since her girlish days had she been so bright and active as she was now, assisting Adah in her labors, and watching the progress of affairs.

The new carpets looked beautiful when upon the floor, and gave to the rooms a new and cozy aspect.

The muslin curtains, done up by the laundress so carefully, lest they should drop to pieces, looked almost as good as new, and no one would have suspected that the pretty cornice had been made from odds and ends found by Adah in an ancient box up in the lumber-room.

The white satin bows which looped the curtains back, were tied by Adah's hands.
And during all this while came there to Adah's heart no suspicion for whom and whose she was thus laboring?
No strange interest in the bridegroom, the handsome doctor, so doted upon by mother and sisters?
None whatever.