Chapter 21
At eight o'clock Walter reached the Longwood mansion. It would have been early for a party in the city, but Glenwood people were sensible, and, beginning early, were able to close in good season. The house was a handsome one, and the rooms, tastefully furnished, were blazing with light, and already half full. Walter was quite at home in society, and advancing, greeted Hugh and his sister, by whom he was cordially received, and introduced to other members of the family. About nine o'clock dancing commenced. Walter did not think it out of place to ask the hand of Laura Longwood, being so intimate with her brother. She had just accepted his invitation to dance, when a dark- complexioned young man, dressed in the extreme of the fashion, and evidently possessing a very high opinion of his ap
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