The Angry Wife
“Martin was waiting for him, watching the front door through the open door of the library, and Lucinda had a servant posted to tell her of his arrival. She swept down the wide stairs, holding her skirts with both hands, and Martin leaped out of the chair where he had been reading the county newspaper. They greeted Pierce so affectionately and with such excitement that he smiled at them drily.“What now?” he inquired.“Father, Mary Louise has set the day of our wedding,” Martin said solemnly. “The ...eighteenth of June!”“And that means the girls and I must get our gowns,” Lucinda interrupted her son, “and the porcelain service you’ve ordered from England—Oh, Pierce, it can’t possibly get here in time!”“Mary Lou and I won’t need it for three months, Mother—we’ll be in Europe—” Martin broke in.“We have plenty of dishes, I hope,” Pierce said. “They’ll be coming here to Malvern to live, Luce—good news, Martin.”“Every bride should have her own porcelain and silver,”MoreLess
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