look of reserved sadness as though she
asked what cemetery had been selected as the destination of the funeral
cortege, following services of final sorrow at the house.

Richard explained that, guided by Dorothy, Italy and its mountains had
been pitched upon. They would go from Italy to France; then to England.
The length of their stay abroad was to be always in the hands of
Dorothy, who would bring them home to America whenever she chose.

Mrs. Hanway-Harley sighed economically, and suggested that Richard's
happiness ought not to blind him to the subject of expense. It would
cost a pot of money to make the journey intimated. In a sudden gush of
hardihood Richard kissed Mrs. Hanway-Harley, and assured her that in all
his life, a life remarkable for an utter carelessness of money, he had
never felt less like reckoning a cost. From beginning to end he meant to
close his eyes to that subject of expense. There the business ended, for
Mrs. Hanway-Harley was too much overcome by the kiss to proceed.

Richard went home and, being full of that honeymoon the possible expense
of which had alarmed the economies of Mrs. Hanway-Harley, summoned Mr.
Gwynn. That austere man assumed his place on the rug in frigid waiting.

"Mr. Gwynn, you will go to London, and from there to Paris, and lastly
to Naples, and at each place prepare for our reception. You will meet us
in Naples somewhere from the middle to the last of June. I say last of
June, for before we reach Naples we may idle away a fortnight in the
Mediterranean. Have everything in perfect order."

"Very good, sir," said Mr. Gwynn.

Richard made a slight dismissive motion with his hand, as showing Mr.
Gwynn that he might retire. Mr. Gwynn creaked apologetically, but stood
his ground.

"What is it?" said Richard.

"If you please, sir," observed Mr. Gwynn, a gleam in the piscatorial
eye, "if you please, sir, before I leave for Europe have I your
permission to take out my first papers and declare my intention to
become a citizen of this country?"

"May I ask what has moved you to propose this compliment for the United
States?"

"Why, sir, should you be so good as to sanction it, I have a little
plan, sir."

"Indeed; and what may be the plan which results so much to the advantage
of this country?"

"I have a plan, sir," said Mr. Gwynn, with a hesitating creak, "always
of course, sir, with your consent, to become a Senator, sir."

"Ah, I see," observed Richard with a fin