Elsie.

"Oh, no, child!" replied Violet; "the rehearsal will be gone through
with in ordinary attire, and these grand dresses kept perfectly fresh
for the wedding. Come, now, we must make haste with the change, for the
tea bell will ring presently. It is well you took a good nap this
afternoon, for I fear you are likely to be kept up late."

"Probably a little later than usual," said their father, "though, as
to-morrow is to be so exciting a day, I intend to bring you all home in
pretty good season; that you may be able to take such a night's rest as
will give you the needed strength to go through the trying ordeal."

"There, papa," laughed Grace, "you talk as if we were all going to be
married."

"Dear me, but I am glad we are not!" exclaimed Lucilla, "and that I am
not the one that is."

"Quite a lucid remark, my child," laughed her father. "But now I will
leave you to make the necessary changes in your dress that you may be
ready for a drive on leaving the tea table."

They hastened to obey, helping each other and laughing and chatting
merrily as they worked. They were ready when the summons to the tea
table came, and, directly after leaving it, all entered the family
carriage and drove to Ion, greatly enjoying the balmy air, the easy
motion over the smooth roads, and all the sweet sights and sounds of
lovely summer time in the country. They never wearied of those familiar
things, daily blessings though they were.