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The primroses were over -- the paler hues of spring were giving place to the richer and fuller beauty of early summer when Ella found herself once more at Coombesthorpe. It was the day before that of Ermine's marriage when she arrived there with Mr and Mrs Burton. It had been proposed that she should precede her aunt, but she shrank from doing so, and with real kindliness and tact, her sisters had refrained from pressing the matter.
"She must feel uncomfortable, poor little thing," said Ermine, "and it will be easier for her if she only arrives when there are a good many other people here."