king bays, and a new chariot ordered from Hutton's,
on the occasion, would soon carry him away from the worst part of it.

Lord Cashel was in the midst of his glory: he had got an occupation
and he delighted in it. Lady Selina performed her portion of the work
with exemplary patience and attention. She wrote all the orders to
the tradesmen, and all the invitations; she even condescended to
give advice to Fanny about her dress; and to Griffiths, about the
arrangement of the rooms and tables. But poor Lady Cashel worked the
hardest of all,--her troubles had no end. Had she known what she was
about to encounter, when she undertook the task of superintending the
arrangements for her niece's wedding, she would never have attempted
it: she would never have entered into negotiations with that
treacherous Murray--that man cook in Dublin--but have allowed Mrs
Richards to have done her best,--or her worst,--in her own simple way,
in spite of the Duchess and the Bishop, and the hopes of a royal Prince
indulged in by Lord Cashel. She did not dare to say as much to her
husband, but she confessed to Griffiths that she was delighted when she
heard His Royal Highness would not come. She was sure his coming would
not make dear Fanny a bit happier, and she really would not have known
what to do with him after the married people were gone.

Frank received two letters from Dot Blake during his stay at Grey
Abbey. In the former he warmly congratulated him on his approaching
nuptials, and strongly commended him on his success in having arranged
matters. "You never could have forgiven yourself," he said, "had you
allowed Miss Wyndham's splendid fortune to slip through your hands. I
knew you were not the man to make a vain boast of a girl's love, and I
was therefore sure that you might rely on her affection. I only feared
you might let the matter go too far. You know I strongly advised you
not to marry twenty thousand pounds. I am as strongly of opinion that
you would be a fool to neglect to marry six times as much. You see I
still confine myself to the money part of the business, as though the
lady herself were of no value. I don't think so, however; only I know
you never would have lived happily without an easy fortune." And then
he spoke of Brien Boru, and informed Lord Ballindine that that now
celebrated nag was at the head of the list of the Derby horses; that
it was all but impossible to get any odds against him at all;--that
the whole