"We shall send to Sir James and Lady Carter immediately, of course." Mrs. Drummond spoke to Augusta as if to a child, as though Augusta could not possibly expect to have any say in her own wedding. "My dear brother Ellsworth can ride into town, perform the ceremony and be back at the Carters' by suppertime."

"I want the children to come," Augusta insisted. "They're my only family. They should be at my wedding." It was the only issue on which she was adamant.

Lady ...