She did not think that I was going to bind myself closer with them, as she calls it.

I have been quite open with her, and have always told her that I could not be Arthur Fletcher's wife." "Why on earth should you marry to please them ?" "Because they don't know Ferdinand they are determined to insult him.
It is an insult never to mention even his name.

And to refuse to come to my marriage! The world is wide and there is room for us and them; but it makes me unhappy,--very unhappy,--that I should have to break with them." And then the tears came into her eyes.

It was intended, no doubt, to be a complete breach, for not a single wedding present was sent from Wharton Hall to the bride.

But from Longbarns,--from John Fletcher himself,--there did come an elaborate coffee-pot, which, in spite of its inutility and ugliness, was very valuable to Emily.
But there was one other of her old Herefordshire friends who received the tidings of her marriage without quarrelling with her.