Book 2, Chapter 3: Which Ferdinand Returns to Armine

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌⁠It was settled that a year must elapse from the death of Lord Grandison before the young couple could be united: a reprieve which did not occasion Ferdinand acute grief. In the meantime the Grandisons were to pass at least the autumn at Armine, and thither the united families proposed soon to direct their progress. Ferdinand, who had been nearly two months at Bath, and was a little wearied of cour