Dawn

Chapter 54

The arrangement for the morrow was that Angela and her father were to

take a fly to Roxham, where the registry office was, and whither

George was also to be conveyed in a close carriage; that the ceremony

was then to be gone through, after which the parties were to separate

and return to their respective homes. Mr. Fraser had been asked to

attend, but had excused himself from doing so.

In pursuance of this programme, Angela and her father left the Abbey

House about ten o'clock and drove in silence to the town. Strange as

it may seem, Angela had never been in a town before, and, in the

curious condition of her mind, the new sight of busy streets

interested her greatly, and served to divert her attention till they

reached the door of the office. She alighted and was shown with Phi